Why aren’t your products zero or 15 calories per can like other products?

The single biggest challenge that faced the LIFEAID team was to come up with effective formulas that also had great flavors. You can bet that popular drinks containing few or no calories use artificial sweeteners. The health risks of artificial sweeteners like sucralose and aspartame are becoming increasingly well-known. We guarantee that they will never be included in any LIFEAID product. Although we do use natural zero calorie stevia as part of our sweetener blend, many consumers find the taste of stevia on its own to be unpleasant. That’s why we blend stevia with raw organic blue agave.

With that combination, you could say that we hit the low calorie, low glycemic “sweet spot.” As an added plus, the agave provides a source of energy and it doesn’t cause your blood glucose levels to spike like other sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup. Besides, your brain needs carbohydrates to properly function. We believe the 9 grams of carbs from the agave is minimal and a good compromise in order to produce products that our fans actually enjoy drinking instead of forcing down.