Showing posts with label stevia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stevia. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Podcast "Empty Pleasures"

Driving on my usual weekly jaunt to Pine Bush, I am listening to National Radio's author interview for a recently released book on artificial and natural sweeteners (nutrasweet, stevia, saccharine) which makes for fascinating listening.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/twu/2011/04/30/artificial_sweeteners

Carolyn De La Pena has written 'Empty Pleasures'; it's a history of artifical sweeteners from aspartame to saccharin (a byproduct of the coal industry by the way!).