HAWAIIAN STEVIA POWDER

Maa adishakti multi trade enterprisers’s stevia powder is a quality product produced under international gmp regulations and is a halal & kosher certified product. It is almost calorie free; stevia has drawn the attention of health conscious fitness lovers all over the planet. It is ideal for children since it prevents cavities. Unlike sugar it does not trigger rise in blood sugar. Simultaneously it increases energy and aids in digestion by pancreas. Recent scientific trials firmly establish that this sweet-leaf herb has, in fact, many health benefiting plant-derived phyto-chemical compounds that help control blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure in addition to its use as natural sweetener. The sweetness of sugar in stevia is due to several glycoside compounds including stevioside, steviolbioside, rebaudiosides a-e, and dulcoside. Health benefits: stevioside is non-carbohydrate glycoside compound. Hence, it lack of properties that sucrose and other carbohydrates have. Stevia extracts, like rebaudioside-a, are found to be 300 times sweeter than sugar. In contrast to sugar, however, stevia extracts have several unique properties such as long shelf life, high temperature tolerance, non-fermentative; but contain near-zero calories. Stevia plant has many sterols and antioxidant compounds like triterpenes, flavonoids, and tannins. Some of flavonoid polyphenolic anti-oxidant phyto-chemicals present in stevia is kaempferol, quercetin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, isoquercitrin, isosteviol etc. Studies found that kaempferol can reduce risk of pancreatic cancer by 23% (american journal of epidemiology). Chlorgenic acid reduces enzymatic conversion of glycogen to glucose in addition to decreasing absorption of glucose in the gut. Thus, it helps reduce blood sugar levels. Certain glycosides in stevia extract have been found to dilate blood vessels, increase urine output.