As I may have mentioned, I drink A LOT of water every day. I don't drink anything with aspartame as an ingredient, and I am also a little skeptical of spenda, etc (for a sweetener I always use stevia). Lately I have been a bit tired of water and tea, so I tried mixing lemon juice with stevia and the result was a Crystal Light tasting lemonade (which I enjoy very much, but I am sure some of you think is distgusting!)
Now there are a few cool things about using stevia with lemon juice - the first is that there's no sugar and pretty much no calories. In addtion, lemon juice is shown to lower a food's glycemic response (i.e. slow the rate at which the stomach empties and so slow the rate of digestion, resulting in a lower GI). In addition, stevia is believed to also control GI levels.
Another cool benefit from drinking this is that the lemon will trigger your body to urinate less, and if you're drinking water like I do, that's a good thing! In addition, lemon provides your body with electrolytes, which assists your body in speeding the absorption of fluid to tissues.
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/HerbsWho/0,3923,552027%7CStevia,00.html
http://ginews.blogspot.com/2006/01/gi-values-update.html
http://www.ast-ss.com/dev/qa_search/full_text.asp?ID=2956
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