STEVIA SUPPRESSES SWELLING.

Stevioside, an herbal non-caloric sweetener may suppress harmful inflammation, according to a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Researchers used lipopolysaccharide to induce inflammation in a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line and treated the cells with stevioside. At 1 mM, stevioside significantly inhibited the inflammation factor without exerting any direct toxic effects. (Natural Products Insider, Feb. 2006)