it’s fine in moderation but some people consume excessive amounts because they think it’s fine because it has no real sugar. but more than the daily recommended amount can cause kidney problem and problems with your reproductive health and it can even interact with certain medications. it’s still healthier than splenda though.

can't find too much about it myself, so I'm curious too.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia#Safety_and_regulations
* https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/what-is-stevia#091e9c5e80f990b9-1-3

I don't see much of anything in those articles except that it needs to be properly processed, don't try to make it at home, and don't consume too much of it because research is still being done.

>If you see whole stevia leaves or crude stevia extracts at your local natural foods store, don’t buy them.

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>The WHO's Joint Experts Committee on Food Additives has approved, based on long-term studies, an acceptable daily intake of steviol glycoside of up to 4 mg/kg of body weight.[49] In 2010, The European Food Safety Authority established an acceptable daily intake of 4 mg/kg/day of steviol, in the form of steviol glycosides. Meanwhile, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center warns that "steviol at high dosages may have weak mutagenic activity,"[50] and a review "conducted for" the Center for Science in the Public Interest notes that there are no published carcinogenicity results for rebaudioside A (or stevioside).[45]