Listen now | Stevia has long been marketed as a natural, plant-based sugar substitute, so you’d assume that it’s made mostly from plant-based material, right? Well… we might have some upsetting news for you. In this episode, we’re talking about what’s wrong with stevia, including just how little of it actually comes from stevia leaf. We share the controversies behind this so-called natural sugar substitute, what high stakes poker games have to do with saccharin and stevia, and why it’s so freaking hard to figure out what’s actually in all of our food (you’re going to hear some familiar names from last episode).