Safe and Low Calorie Soda Pop substitute

I've known for years how bad soda pop is for the body, but I just didn't think I could do without it. Regular soda pop contains high fructose corn syrup (not a good thing), and diet pop has been found to not only not help you lose weight, but is also dangerous because of the artificially sweeteners Aspartame (Nutri Sweet) or Splenda. I have posted previously about both of these sweeteners, and if you'd like to read more, check out Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners, and Safe Alternatives to Sugar.

So I have experimented with ways to make something healthy, yet give me the taste of soda pop. I mix seltzer water (carbonated water) with a cap full of cranberry juice (unsweetened) and Stevia to sweeten it. I'm sure you could make different variations as long as the flavoring doesn't have sugar or artificial sweetener in it.

I recently was contacted by NuNaturals to try their line of Stevia products, and if I liked them they asked that I write a review. First I'd like to make it clear they are not paying me to write about their products. I am doing so because every one of the NuNaturals' products I have tested has no after-taste or bitter taste like some Stevia products I've tried. I particularly like their Vanilla Stevia Liquid, which I have started using in my Soda Pop substitute drink - it makes it taste like cream soda which is one of my favorite soda pops. And I can drink as much of it as I want without any guilt. It's also a good way to sweeten oat meal. Their Stevia products come in a variety of consistency, including stevia liquid, stevia powder, cocoa extract and stevia nocarb blends. They even have a "MoreFiber baking blend which sounds very promising, although I didn't receive it to test. The Cocoa extract contains 15% of the polyphenols and 10% theobromines that make dark chocolate so beneficial, and sweetened with NuStevia for a non-bitter taste. All of their products are 100% natural and contain no aspartame, sugar, saccharin, sucralose or any other artificial sweeteners or colors, and have "0" calories.