Body
Ecology is dedicated to providing you with the essential information
you need to take charge of your own health and well being -- including
keeping you apprised of where to obtain the highest quality products to
go along with the Body Ecology Diet (BED) system of healing. BED's
titles include The Magic of Kefir, The Stevia Story, and our landmark
book, Donna Gates' Body Ecology Diet, considered 'must' reading
for anyone who wants to improve his or her immune system.
For
more information on the Body Ecology system, please visit our BED home
page at www.bodyecology.com.
You will also find products there that accompany the BED diet, including
organic, unrefined oils, probiotics and dietary supplements.
High-quality,
great-tasting stevia dietary supplements can also be found at this site
by going to our order page. |
 If
you've ever tasted stevia, you know it's extremely sweet. In fact, this
remarkable noncaloric herb, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener
and flavor enhancer for centuries. But this innocuous-looking plant has
also been a focal point of intrigue in the United States in recent years
because of actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The subject of searches
and seizures, trade complaints and embargoes on importation, stevia has
been handled at times by the FDA as if it were an illegal drug.
Since the passage
of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), stevia can
be sold legally in the United States, but only as a "dietary supplement."
Even so, it can be found in many forms in most health-food stores, and
is also incorporated into drinks, teas and other items (all labeled as
"dietary supplements"). It cannot, however, be called a "sweetener"
or even referred to as "sweet." To do so would render the product
"adulterated," according to the FDA, and make it again subject to seizure.
The purpose of our Web site is to provide as much information about
stevia as possible, from the scientific studies regarding its safety
to the petitions submitted by the Lipton Tea Company and the American
Herbal Products Association.
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