The taste is sweeter and contains no calories, making stevia start to be looked at to be used as a substitute for ordinary sugar. Stevia can be used for people with certain diseases who are advised to limit consumption of sugar in the daily diet. An instant lifestyle makes many people choose fast food and drinks without being aware of the sugar content in them. Even though excess sugar intake is associated with various diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, toothache, and heart disease. Important to know, the limit on sugar intake for men is 37 grams or 9 teaspoons per day. Whereas for women as much as 25 grams or 6 teaspoons per day. Replacing Granulated Sugar with Stevia Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. Stevia tastes sweet thanks to the content of steviol glycosides in it. These compounds make stevia taste 250-300 times sweeter than sucrose or ordinary sugar. Because it tastes much sweeter, stevia does no