Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 very ripe, medium to large bananas
- 1/4 tsp powdered Stevia extract
- 1/2 tsp Stevia concentrate
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt or buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat the over to 350 degrees F. Oil a medium-sized loaf pan (7 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2").
Mash the bananas in a small bowl.
Mix the Stevia extract, Stevia concentrate, and lemon juice into the mashed bananas.
Set aside. Sift the flour, leavenings, and salt together in a bowl.
Beat the oil and egg together in a mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in the yogurt or buttermilk and the vanilla. Stir the mashed bananas into the liquid mixture. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, stirring as little as possible.
Mix in the walnuts just before the flour is completely blended. Place into the loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour until a toothpick or fork stuck in the middle comes out clean. Turn out the loaf and cool on a rack.
Note: For maximum flavor, use very ripe bananas (brown spotted). (Excerpted with permission from "Stevia: naturally sweet recipes for desserts, drinks and more!", by Rita DePuydt - Book Publishing Co.)
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5/29/2008
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SWEETLEAF STEVIA CAN BE USED IN ALMOST ANYTHING!
From flavored water to elaborate desserts, there are so many uses for all-natural, calorie-free, carb-free SweetLeaf Stevia dietary supplement.
Check out the flavorsome low-calorie recipes on our UltraNav and even submit your own tried and true SweetLeaf Stevia recipes!
STEVIA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: What is a pH level and what is the pH level of your Stevia products? Are your Stevia products acids or bases?
A: The pH level of a solution/element indicates its acidity.
Solutions/elements with a pH of 0 to 6 are acids with a lower number indicating a higher acidity. Solutions/elements with a pH of 8 to 14 are bases (a.k.a. alkaline) with a higher number indicating a stronger alkaline (base) level. Solutions/elements with a pH of 7 are neutral, i.e. neither acid nor base (water has a pH of 7).
Stevioside (white powder) has a pH of +/- 6. That makes it an acid, but a very weak acid.
SteviaClear™ has a pH of about +/- 8. That makes it a rather weak base (alkaline). The combination of the +/- 6 pH of
Stevioside and 7 pH of water (the ingredients of SteviaClear™) make this alkaline.
Stevia Concentrate is also a weak alkaline (base) with a pH of about +/- 8.
Stevia Leaf (HoneyLeaf® powder) has a pH of about 6, which makes it a weak acid.
Based on these pH numbers our Stevia products are essentially neutral in their acidity. They all fall just shy of a pH of 7 on either the acid or base side.
Q: Is Stevia safe for diabetics?
A: Yes.
Q: What is the difference between steviosides and rebaudiosides?
A: The stevia leaf contains glycosides, which are the sweet components of the leaf. The glycosides are known as steviosides. Steviosides include several sweet constituents including rebaudiosides, which are the sweetest compounds in the leaf.Since rebaudiosides are 400 times sweeter than sugar they are more desirable than steviosides. Most stevia on the market is standardized to 80-90 percent stevioside. Rebaudiosides are generally not standardized. SweetLeaf Stevia is further standardized to 40% Rebaudioside. Therefore, our SweetLeaf Stevia Extract is at least 90 percent stevioside, of that 40% is rebaudioside. No other company is the United States uses this high quality product. You will taste the difference.
Q: If steviosides are 90 percent, what constitutes the other ten percent?
A: The other ten percent of SweetLeaf Stevia Extract are natural compounds of the whole stevia leaf that were not removed in the extraction process.
Q: What does the kosher certification of your Stevia products indicate?
A: The red apple with the K in the middle on the SweetLeaf Stevia products indicate that the raw materials and production of our products have been inspected by a rabbi to insure they meet kosher standards. In general, this ensures that the final kosher product has been isolated from any unkosher foods or possible cross contamination from any particles left in or on the processing equipment from prior manufacturing. In addition to the benefits to the kosher-minded consumer this is an additional quality assurance of our products.
Q: Who Kosher certifies your products?
A: Natural Food Certifiers headed by Rabbi Reuven Flamer out of Scarsdale, NY.
Q: What is a glycemic index rating?
A: The glycemic index ranks foods on how they affect our blood sugar levels. This index measures how much your blood sugar increases in the two or three hours after eating.
A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar, the lower the GI number the better.
Q: Why is the whole leaf powder green and the stevioside white? Do you use bleach to whiten the powder?
A: The whole leaf powder is in its natural, unprocessed state. It is just the leaves of the Stevia plant ground into powder, therefore it retains the natural green color.The stevioside has gone through an extraction process to isolate the sweet glycosides of the leaves thereby making it a much sweeter product. This extraction process removes the naturally occuring chlorophyll and leaves the naturally white glycosides behind. No bleach or other chemical whiteners are used.
Q: How are the glycosides extracted from the Stevia leaves?
A: The stevioside is extracted from the leaf using a potato-derived alcohol based extraction process and membrane filtration. There is no alcohol in the finished product. It evaporates.
Q: Is there any relation between stevioside and genetic diseases?
A: There have not been any studies relating the use of stevioside with genetic disorders or diseases.
Q: What are the nutritional benefits of stevioside?
A: In addition to having a zero glycemic index, zero glycemic load and no calories, stevioside may reduce high blood sugar and lower blood pressure.
Q: Is stevioside absorbed in the body?
A: Contrary to what was previously thought, recent studies have suggested that a small amount of stevioside is absorbed in the body through the intestines during fecal reuptake.
A: The pH level of a solution/element indicates its acidity.
Solutions/elements with a pH of 0 to 6 are acids with a lower number indicating a higher acidity. Solutions/elements with a pH of 8 to 14 are bases (a.k.a. alkaline) with a higher number indicating a stronger alkaline (base) level. Solutions/elements with a pH of 7 are neutral, i.e. neither acid nor base (water has a pH of 7).
Stevioside (white powder) has a pH of +/- 6. That makes it an acid, but a very weak acid.
SteviaClear™ has a pH of about +/- 8. That makes it a rather weak base (alkaline). The combination of the +/- 6 pH of
Stevioside and 7 pH of water (the ingredients of SteviaClear™) make this alkaline.
Stevia Concentrate is also a weak alkaline (base) with a pH of about +/- 8.
Stevia Leaf (HoneyLeaf® powder) has a pH of about 6, which makes it a weak acid.
Based on these pH numbers our Stevia products are essentially neutral in their acidity. They all fall just shy of a pH of 7 on either the acid or base side.
Q: Is Stevia safe for diabetics?
A: Yes.
Q: What is the difference between steviosides and rebaudiosides?
A: The stevia leaf contains glycosides, which are the sweet components of the leaf. The glycosides are known as steviosides. Steviosides include several sweet constituents including rebaudiosides, which are the sweetest compounds in the leaf.Since rebaudiosides are 400 times sweeter than sugar they are more desirable than steviosides. Most stevia on the market is standardized to 80-90 percent stevioside. Rebaudiosides are generally not standardized. SweetLeaf Stevia is further standardized to 40% Rebaudioside. Therefore, our SweetLeaf Stevia Extract is at least 90 percent stevioside, of that 40% is rebaudioside. No other company is the United States uses this high quality product. You will taste the difference.
Q: If steviosides are 90 percent, what constitutes the other ten percent?
A: The other ten percent of SweetLeaf Stevia Extract are natural compounds of the whole stevia leaf that were not removed in the extraction process.
Q: What does the kosher certification of your Stevia products indicate?
A: The red apple with the K in the middle on the SweetLeaf Stevia products indicate that the raw materials and production of our products have been inspected by a rabbi to insure they meet kosher standards. In general, this ensures that the final kosher product has been isolated from any unkosher foods or possible cross contamination from any particles left in or on the processing equipment from prior manufacturing. In addition to the benefits to the kosher-minded consumer this is an additional quality assurance of our products.
Q: Who Kosher certifies your products?
A: Natural Food Certifiers headed by Rabbi Reuven Flamer out of Scarsdale, NY.
Q: What is a glycemic index rating?
A: The glycemic index ranks foods on how they affect our blood sugar levels. This index measures how much your blood sugar increases in the two or three hours after eating.
A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar, the lower the GI number the better.
Q: Why is the whole leaf powder green and the stevioside white? Do you use bleach to whiten the powder?
A: The whole leaf powder is in its natural, unprocessed state. It is just the leaves of the Stevia plant ground into powder, therefore it retains the natural green color.The stevioside has gone through an extraction process to isolate the sweet glycosides of the leaves thereby making it a much sweeter product. This extraction process removes the naturally occuring chlorophyll and leaves the naturally white glycosides behind. No bleach or other chemical whiteners are used.
Q: How are the glycosides extracted from the Stevia leaves?
A: The stevioside is extracted from the leaf using a potato-derived alcohol based extraction process and membrane filtration. There is no alcohol in the finished product. It evaporates.
Q: Is there any relation between stevioside and genetic diseases?
A: There have not been any studies relating the use of stevioside with genetic disorders or diseases.
Q: What are the nutritional benefits of stevioside?
A: In addition to having a zero glycemic index, zero glycemic load and no calories, stevioside may reduce high blood sugar and lower blood pressure.
Q: Is stevioside absorbed in the body?
A: Contrary to what was previously thought, recent studies have suggested that a small amount of stevioside is absorbed in the body through the intestines during fecal reuptake.
5/28/2008
ABOUT WISDOM NATURAL BRANDS
Wisdom Natural Brands is the parent company of 3 highly respected consumer brands:
SweetLeaf Stevia,
Wisdom of the Ancients yerba maté,
and Sweet & Slender Natural Sweetener.
Of these successful, health-promoting brands, SweetLeaf Stevia caps the great success story of the father and son team of James and Steve May.
James May, the founder of Wisdom Natural Brands, was involved in bringing Stevia to the United States over twenty years ago.
Wisdom Natural Brands is now the leading US manufacturer of Stevia and offers a full line of SweetLeaf Stevia products available in convenient single serving packets, liquid, powder, tabs and concentrate, including their best selling products SweetLeaf SteviaPlus and Flavored Liquid Stevia, which were developed by Steve May.
Together, they have introduced millions of people in North America to Stevia. We are living in a time when producers and consumers are increasingly drawn to products that claim to be “all-natural,” “low calorie” and “low in carbs.”
Any product or ingredient that can truly substantiate these claims is sure to attract the attention of a health conscious audience.Stevia is all that and more.
It has been around for centuries and is just now becoming the rage with the sugar-shunning crowd in part because of the popularity of low carbohydrate, high protein diets that discourage sweets.
Stevia is a nutritional supplement that adds a naturally sweet taste to your current diet. Made from an intensely sweet extract of natural Stevia leaves, it has zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index.
Feel free to contact us with any comments, questions, or suggestions:
Wisdom Natural Brands
1203 W. San Pedro St.Gilbert, AZ 85233
(800) 899-9908
wisdom@wisdomnaturalbrands.com
SweetLeaf Stevia,
Wisdom of the Ancients yerba maté,
and Sweet & Slender Natural Sweetener.
Of these successful, health-promoting brands, SweetLeaf Stevia caps the great success story of the father and son team of James and Steve May.
James May, the founder of Wisdom Natural Brands, was involved in bringing Stevia to the United States over twenty years ago.
Wisdom Natural Brands is now the leading US manufacturer of Stevia and offers a full line of SweetLeaf Stevia products available in convenient single serving packets, liquid, powder, tabs and concentrate, including their best selling products SweetLeaf SteviaPlus and Flavored Liquid Stevia, which were developed by Steve May.
Together, they have introduced millions of people in North America to Stevia. We are living in a time when producers and consumers are increasingly drawn to products that claim to be “all-natural,” “low calorie” and “low in carbs.”
Any product or ingredient that can truly substantiate these claims is sure to attract the attention of a health conscious audience.Stevia is all that and more.
It has been around for centuries and is just now becoming the rage with the sugar-shunning crowd in part because of the popularity of low carbohydrate, high protein diets that discourage sweets.
Stevia is a nutritional supplement that adds a naturally sweet taste to your current diet. Made from an intensely sweet extract of natural Stevia leaves, it has zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index.
Feel free to contact us with any comments, questions, or suggestions:
Wisdom Natural Brands
1203 W. San Pedro St.Gilbert, AZ 85233
(800) 899-9908
wisdom@wisdomnaturalbrands.com
STEVIA HAS NO CALORIES AND CAN ACTUALLY BE GOOD FOR YOU!
Stevia is a naturally sweet plant native to Paraguay that is 30 times sweeter than sugar in its unprocessed form.
With hundreds of studies showing Stevia is a safe alternative, it’s the next big thing.
No wonder.
It's all-natural, contains zero calories,
and has a zero glycemic index.
The pure glycosides that are extracted from the Stevia leaves
are 250-400 times sweeter than sugar.
With endless recipes, Stevia products are
great for beverages,
soft foods,
and baking.
Stevia is also convenient for cereal and fruit
and is stable for both heating and freezing.
Find recipes and other uses for SweetLeaf Stevia®.
Use our quiz to find out which SweetLeaf Stevia product is best for you.
SweetLeaf Stevia’s best-selling products include:
· SteviaPlus
· Flavored Liquid Stevia
· SteviaClear Liquid
· SteviaTabs
· Stevia Extract Powder
· Stevia Concentrate Dark Liquid
Find out more about SweetLeaf Stevia at http://www.sweetleaf.com/.
NEW AND ON SALE!
Flavor Tin and 50-count box of SteviaPlus for $19.99
We’ve created a special package deal with our best-selling SteviaPlus
and our brand new Stevia Liquid Flavors Travel Tin.
Inside this new travel tin are our 4 most popular flavors
in convenient 6ml plastic bottles, perfect for on the go.
Limited time special pricing!
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SWEETLEAF STEVIA CAN BE USED IN ALMOST ANYTHING!
From flavored water to elaborate desserts,
there are so many uses for all-natural,
calorie-free,
carb-free SweetLeaf Stevia dietary supplement.
Check out the flavorsome low-calorie recipes on our UltraNav
and even submit your own tried
and true SweetLeaf Stevia recipes!
SweetLeaf Stevia’s best-selling products include:
· SteviaPlus
· Flavored Liquid Stevia
· SteviaClear Liquid
· SteviaTabs
· Stevia Extract Powder
· Stevia Concentrate Dark Liquid
Find out more about SweetLeaf Stevia at www.sweetleaf.com.
GET YOUR WISDOM HEREReady to buy?Click here to go directly to our online store, www.buywisdom.com.
You can enjoy natural sweet, calorie-free ~
you can make your food and drinks sweet without the chemicals of artificial sweeteners and calories of sugar!
SweetLeaf offers a variety of sweet supplements made from Stevia, a naturally sweet plant that is much sweeter than sugar.
It is also completely calorie-free, all-natural, and has a zero glycemic index.
Yummy for baking,
scrumptious in coffee and tea, great for desserts.
SweetLeaf Stevia’s best-selling products include:·
SteviaPlus
· Flavored Liquid Stevia
· SteviaClear Liquid
· SteviaTabs
· Stevia Extract Powder
· Stevia Concentrate Dark Liquid
NEW AND ON SALE!Flavor Tin and 50-count box of SteviaPlus for $19.99We’ve created a special package deal with our best-selling SteviaPlus and our brand new Stevia Liquid Flavors Travel Tin. Inside this new travel tin are our 4 most popular flavors in convenient 6ml plastic bottles, perfect for on the go. Limited time special pricing!
Find out more about SweetLeaf Stevia at www.sweetleaf.com.
GET YOUR WISDOM HEREReady to buy?Click here to go directly to our online store, www.buywisdom.com.
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