Keep It Safe. The FDA approved only the purified form of stevia, called stevioside, as safe to use. If you see whole stevia leaves or crude stevia extracts at your local natural foods store, donât buy them.
For the journal, see Palliative Medicine (journal). Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of a serious illnessâwhatever the diagnosis.
Facultative means optional or discretionary (antonym obligate), used mainly in biology in phrases such as: 1  Facultative anaerobe, an organism that can use oxygen but also has anaerobic methods of energy production. It can survive in either environment. Facultative biped, an animal that is capable of walking or running on two legs as well as walking or running on four limbs or more, as appropriate.