Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 > Has anyone else had such strong reactions to kombucha? I started out on a recommended 2 oz/dose, 2 doses/day and had an immediate reaction--mostly stomach cramping. I lowered the dose to 1 oz/2x daily and within a couple of days it resolved. My husband had the same reaction. We both felt better afterwards, though! Lynn S. ----- Lynn Siprelle * Writer, Mother, Programmer, Fiber Artisan The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/ Siprelle & Associates: http://www.siprelle.com/ People-Powered ! http://www.deanforamerica.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 > > Has anyone else had such strong reactions to kombucha? > > I started out on a recommended 2 oz/dose, 2 doses/day and had an > immediate reaction--mostly stomach cramping. I lowered the dose to 1 > oz/2x daily and within a couple of days it resolved. My husband had the > same reaction. We both felt better afterwards, though! ------So you're still drinking it then? Have you increased the dose over time? I guess 12-18 oz. per day to start with was a bit much for me! I like kombucha so much I would like to get to the point some day where I can drink a glass of it, like a regular beverage. I know some people drink tons of it, and have no problems at all. Lucky them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 > ------So you're still drinking it then? Have you increased the dose > over time? Yes, and yes. I can drink as much as a 16 oz bottle a day in doses, but I try to keep it to half that, usually in two 4 oz doses. It's hard because it is so tasty! Lynn S. ----- Lynn Siprelle * Writer, Mother, Programmer, Fiber Artisan The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/ Siprelle & Associates: http://www.siprelle.com/ People-Powered ! http://www.deanforamerica.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 > > ------So you're still drinking it then? Have you increased the dose > > over time? > > Yes, and yes. I can drink as much as a 16 oz bottle a day in doses, but > I try to keep it to half that, usually in two 4 oz doses. It's hard > because it is so tasty! -----Thanks Lynn for the info! It's good to know healthy, kombucha-ful days are in my future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 This discussion is interesting because I drink kombucha freely and haven't experienced any major detox symptoms. It's worth considering that, while very unlikely, there are documented cases of peope getting severely sick from kombucha. There is a SUPPOSED fatality but from the abstract I saw it seemed quite a tenuous connection. Kombucha can offer some major benefits, including drastically reducing lipid peroxidation in rats fed pufa which is quite interesting considering the studies DMM posted showing vitamin E did NOT do this. In any case it is a great antibiotic against gut bugs UNLESS it happens to be contaminted with candida or anthrax or a variety of other oranisms it VERY RARELY but sometimes is contaminated with. I'd watch the symptoms closely just to make sure. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 >In any case it is a great antibiotic against gut bugs >UNLESS it happens to be contaminted with candida or anthrax or a >variety of other oranisms it VERY RARELY but sometimes is >contaminated with. > >I'd watch the symptoms closely just to make sure. > >Chris The CDC tested 50 or so household kombuchas and didn't find contamination -- they felt the acidity made it safe. Which is really something for the CDC to say! But I did react to kefir when I first had it, in a similar way. I think there was a war and the Borg (kefir) won. Any time your gut gets " new bugs " it can react with something like the stomach flu. This happens when you go to a new country commonly, even if the food is " ok " . I think when you take a strong Borgish bacteria (as kefir and kombucha both have to be, to survive without coddling) and add it to your gut, anyone might have a " crisis " . However kombucha also has some interesting chemicals in it which might react with some medications (or maybe some people) so it's worth being careful with. -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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