Many people using stevia for over ten years, and this brand from New Roots company is the best... Some other brands do contain small amounts of sugar or other sweet chemical such as aspartame Stevia is good, however you do have to be careful what brand you choose Some natural doctors do say that people who are addicted to sugar, because the sugar addiction is going long time, when the person switches to stevia they can still have insulin increase when using stevia, but this is only because the body is trained to raise insulin from a sweet taste, otherwise I would not worry about Stevia too much I think if you can find a good brand, this is a very healthy and safe product, Use the stevia carefully, don't use Stevia to make food crazy sweet, this is not a sugar, a very small amount of stevia can take some of the bitter taste away from tea or the sour taste away from lemon juice If person uses too much stevia for making food crazy sweet, some liver and kidney damage may result, is best to use this product intelligently If a person is looking for energy boost from sugar... I recommend testing MCT oil, Medium Chain Triglyceride... This will provide a much better and healthier energy boost than sugar MCT oil is a common part of the ketogenic diet plan, and starting the ketogenic diet is difficult, sometimes a little bit unpleasant, however when a person achieve ketosis , the results are very good, however is very easy to break or stop the ketosis, if person makes diet mistake and eats more than 6 grams of carbohydrates with high GI (Glycemic Index)... the ketosis will stop quickly, usually in 1 hour, and ketosis will not start again for 3 to 5 days... and this transition time can be unpleasant Diet mistakes usually happen when person is walking by a bakery and sees some beautiful sweet cake or cookie, and the person thinks... I can have 1 or 2 cookies 😂 and everything will be okay The internet is full of was very much information about ketogenic diet, and most of the information is low quality, ketogenic diet is about keep the insulin levels low and this makes the good health Too many ketogenic diet websites are selling products, or selling memberships, and not giving good quality ketogenic diet information When a person achieve ketosis, they don't need website memberships or too many special diet products When starting ketogenic diet, there is a detox phase, and this can go for 30 to 60 days where the person is very strongly detoxing and not feeling too good, however when the detox is complete, the results are very good I show you this photo of 2 MCT oil products, the brain octane formula is very good, MCT is extracted with no chemicals such as hexane, and the person can feel energy increase The other product from Nutiva company out of Singapore, this MCT oil is half the price, and is of lower quality, I'm not sure if they use hexane for extracting MCT, however I use combination both products, in the morning 1 teaspoon brain octane, + 1 teaspoon Nutiva MCT, this combination works well and can save some money And more money can be saved, and Better Health achieved if ketogenic plan is going together with intermittent fasting, meaning the person eats food only one time a day, no more 3 meals a day, that that's crazy too much stomach work for any person... and not providing more energy than one high-quality meal every day