kombucha tea made with other teas?

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> Some make the argument that the kombucha metabolizes the caffeine.

 

yes. but the fact that black or green tea is used as the kombuchas "food"

makes it tough to propgate it as a health maintainance promoter amongst

vaisnavas who are forbidden to drink black or green tea. Hence the strategy

to find other teas that also work well, so that hesitations, criticisms, can

be pacified,, and the real thing of giving something cheap that helps

devotees health on a real sustainable platform can be encouraged.

 

>

> It can be made using decaf green teas.

some Indian devotees or conservatives will argue that does not go far

enough.

> Make sure it is produced in clean circumstances, even rinsing the kombucha

> itself before putting it in a new batch.

right. yes good idea!

> Not recommended for those with impaired livers or immune system

> deficiencies. It is less the kombucha itself as much as the danger of

> other organisms that may develop along with it and contaminate it. This

> is a low probability so for those taking it as a preventative (which it

> is, not a curative) it isn't a problem but may be a problem if it is a

> last ditch effort type thing.

thanks for your kind imput. appreciated.

 

eager to hear your reply as soon as you can.

 

TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava

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> > Some make the argument that the kombucha metabolizes the caffeine.

>

> yes. but the fact that black or green tea is used as the kombuchas "food"

> makes it tough to propgate it as a health maintainance promoter amongst

> vaisnavas who are forbidden to drink black or green tea.

 

They are forbidden because of caffeine content, as far as I know. If

de-caffeinated green tea is used I think it would be fine. Green tea has

health benefits on its own.

 

I did take the kombucha that way for a few years, but quit as my liver got

worse. My liver specialist almost is scratching his head why I don't have

cancer, as it is very common for people in my condition.

 

I don't think it is any one magic bullet, and as time goes on I will

probably succumb to it, but for now I am beating the odds. I do eat brightly

colored fruits and vegetables, organic whole grains (mostly) use a lot of

tumeric and ginger, freshly ground flaxseeds (for omega 3s), used to

excercise a lot when I still could, a little live yoghurt (lots of

commercial yoghurts don't have live cultures by the time it reaches the

store) and minimize my consumption of milk products. Doing all this on a

daily basis is good preventative strategy. And all relatively cheap, part of

the lifestyle. The years where I did take the kombucha may have also been

very helpful, tho difficult to quantify.

 

Stress reduction is also important as is cleanliness.