misskay Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hello, We are starting tomorrow (!! !!) and we are very excited...went through all of our foods, stocked up pantries with Whole30 lists in hand, etc. Even starting ramping down on all non-compliant foods for a few weeks now. Thought we were in GREAT shape but now I'm panicking...I just found stevia leaf as the last ingredient in my liquid, all natural, plant based supplements. I have read all of the suggested supplement brands and searched the forum. And yes, I'm about to be "that person" who says...is this really not okay? But I ask because I have a terrible time with pills so my naturopath & doctor put me on liquid forms of things a few years ago. I've purchased the BEST ones I can find but they all seem to add stevia leaf at the end. So IS this the same as salt containing sugar? Because it's so little? If not, I will buy the capsules. (This is not a doctor>Whole30 situation, I do have a choice, albeit a difficult one due to my issue.) For example (see attached label): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted August 7, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 7, 2015 Congratulations on starting tomorrow! Excellent choice and good job with the pre-cleaning so to speak! Not only does this have Stevia, it also has Glycerin which is a 'sneaky sugar' (see link in my signature to the rest of the sneaky sugars #6). Doctor's orders trump Whole30, so if your doctor has ordered this, then that's a different story, but if it was me, I'd ask myself if I could go 30 days without this, knowing I was eating a diet rich in variety of whole vegetables, proteins and fats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misskay Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thanks, SugarCube... I can definitely modify for 30days. Just panicking because we start tomorrow. I think I better head off to whole foods and see if they have anything without those sneaky sugars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron G Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Good Luck, I'm starting tomorrow as well (Aug 9th, 2015). I will avoid the Stevia although it's the only alternative option I kinda liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misskay Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Wanted to let everyone know that I found compliant supplements at pureformulas.com. I like that you can see the entire label of every brand/bottle on the site. They also ship free and quickly, so I had them within a day or two of starting the Whole30. I particularly did well with the brand Pure Encapsulations. (But read their labels, not all are compliant.) https://www.pureformulas.com/brand/pure-encapsulations.html We also found a compliant probiotic at Whole Foods. It was by Ultimate Flora, I believe we picked up the 15 billion version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowLily Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Good Luck, I'm starting tomorrow as well (Aug 9th, 2015). I will avoid the Stevia although it's the only alternative option I kinda liked. Ron, nice job avoiding Stevia. I hope you're still tooling along out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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