[Microbial_Nutrition] Re: Kombucha benefits and risks?
- Subject: Re: Kombucha benefits and risks?
- From: Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:06:13 -0700
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So, I guess as long as there is no mold, I will try it. Is it generally considered safe for children and the elderly too?
People tend to react to kombucha either positively or not. On another list, several people got candida-like reactions after imbibing it. Others felt wonderful. I got some almost-migraine like symptoms once after a big glass. A fair number of people get a "niacin flush" after drinking it. There have been issues about it not getting along with certain medications (which is also true of grapefruit, BTW!).
Anyway, it is just a chemically active drink. That is, it *does stuff*. So it might be a good idea to start slow and see how your body reacts to it.
I did read something by the CDC once where they tested a lot of kombucha cultures in households, because they were worried about contamination. They didn't test for mold that I recall, but their conclusions were that the acidity of the drink made it rather safe in terms of the usual food-borne pathogens (like listeria, salmonella, ecoli).
Heidi Jean
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