reaction to stevia?

Cicelygrrl said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

No, but I used to have similar reaction when my mother-in-law came to
visit.

Do you think that she was slipping some stevia into my supper?

Regards

David

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Quoted message said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

Maybe you got your Stevia mixed up with your crack cocaine.

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Cicelygrrl said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

Gods...
Some people are such jerks. :-P

I've not had that reaction, but it's possible.
I have that reaction to table sugar, and wheat flour.

If your body is treating it like a refined carb (like mine does with
splenda fillers) it's possible that you had a "sugar rush".

Try it one more time, but first try some of that plain yogurt with some
splenda just to be sure it really is the stevia, then toss whatever you
have left and don't go near it again.

Cheers!
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Om.

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Cicelygrrl said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

Gods...
Some people are such jerks. :-P

Ps, PLEASE note that the above comment was aimed
at the other 2 posters that answered this thread, not you!!!

Quoted message said:

I've not had that reaction, but it's possible.
I have that reaction to table sugar, and wheat flour.

If your body is treating it like a refined carb (like mine does with
splenda fillers) it's possible that you had a "sugar rush".

Try it one more time, but first try some of that plain yogurt with some
splenda just to be sure it really is the stevia, then toss whatever you
have left and don't go near it again.

Cheers!

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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

I haven't heard of anyone else having this reaction, but it sounds like you
became hypoglycemic (blood sugar dropped very low). Maybe try the Stevia
by itself in some water when you haven't eaten for at least an hour and see
if it happens again just to rule out the yogurt having something to do with
it.

on 3 Sep 2005 20:51:17 -0700, "Cicelygrrl" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

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Bev

Man...I wouldnt even give it that "second try". For whatever reason,
your body reacted very negatively to a substance....my best advice?
AVOID that substance.

LassChance

stevia is sweetening from a plant source; it's possible you are allergic to
it. like the other poster said, try it with some plain water and see if you
have a reaction to it.

Cicelygrrl said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

Another possibility is that your reaction was due to some other
ingredient in the stevia preparation you used. You might try a
different stevia product, if your interest in stevia persists.

Cicelygrrl said:

Hello,

I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read so many
good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy some tonight. I added
a few drops to some yoghurt and it tasted really good, but then I got
the shakes, my hands were shakey like I was really nervous, and my
knees felt really weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing,
but not sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?

Much appreciated,
Chris

I'd definitely try it again - when someone is around to dial 911 and
tell them what you ingested.
The information could save your life later on.

CatMan <[email hidden]> wrote:
|| "Cicelygrrl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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||| Hello,
|||
||| I usually use Splenda to sweeten things, but since I've read
||| so many good things about Stevia lately I decided to buy
||| some tonight. I added a few drops to some yoghurt and it
||| tasted really good, but then I got the shakes, my hands were
||| shakey like I was really nervous, and my knees felt really
||| weak and weird. I also noticed my heart was racing, but not
||| sure if that was because I was worried about the shakey
||| reaction. Has anyone else had this reaction to Stevia?
|||
||| Much appreciated,
||| Chris
|||
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|| Maybe you got your Stevia mixed up with your crack cocaine.

Hey, they are both white powder. :-)

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