For instance: “In the laboratory, steviol can be converted into a mutagenic compound, which may promote Mutating cells can lead to cancer.” So, what did they convert it into? Look at the language…they converted steviol into something else first, THEN it MAY PROMOTE cells which CAN lead to cancer. Wow. Talk about a stretch. In otherwords, we can change stevia into something else that might promote mutations in cells that might lead to cancer. Right.

I would really like to know exactly who authored this article that is showing up everywhere. Its probably either sugar interests or Corn interests (who don’t want to stop pumping the US population with high fructose corn syrup and sugar).

Why aren’t any of these studies cited?

I am totally open to real science that says stevia is somehow harmful. I don’t use it, nor do I use any artificial sweeteners. But this article is obviously some industry press release that is getting re-printed all over the internet and is trying to scare people with really bad “science.”