kombucha

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Hello,

i have some questions about kombucha.

sally say, 'caffeine bad'.

kombucha is made with tea that has caffeine.

but, 'kombucha good'.

so...what happens to the caffeine in kombucha? is it still there?

they say, take 4 oz. in the morning and 4 oz before bed. i wouldn't

dare drink some before bed if there is still caffeine in it...

also, did anyone see that article about people dying from kombucha,

on onibasu.com? it was from mold. and acidosis.

should we be concerned?

thanks.

laura

p.s. since joining wapf and consuming lg amounts of raw dairy, over

a year ago, have been constipated ever since (sorry, TMI) and so much

in wapf is supposed to cure it. but since drinking kombucha, my

problem is resolved. it's the only thing that works...short of

stuffying myself with fiber. i'd rather drink kombucha.

laura

--- In , " alangaud " <alangaud@y...>

wrote:

> ,

> I had the same concern about the fluoride in Kombucha about a year

> ago. The only really relevant info. I found was a quote from Sally

on

> the WAPF site (http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/kvass.htm).

>

> relevant part of the particle:

> " Researchers looking at the toxic effects of fluoride have recently

> raised concerns about kombucha because most commercial tea is very

> high in fluoride. Fortunately, kombucha made with organic tea

contains

> very little fluoride. We had fluoride levels tested in organic black

> tea and in the kombucha made with the tea. The levels in the tea

were

> only slightly higher than those in the filtered water from which it

> was made and actually slightly lower in the kombucha than in the

black

> tea. These results suggest that the process of fermentation actually

> removes some of the fluoride from the tea and may explain why the

> kombucha " mushroom " eventually gets black. These older, darkened

> " mushrooms " can be replaced with the newer, cleaner " babies " that

grow

> underneath the original " mushroom " during the fermentation process. "

>

> <me agagin here> Otherwise I found that non-organic tea has lots of

> fluoride -I think- from conventional agricultural sprays and

> irrigation with fluoridated water. That last part was my guess from

> reading a lot - I didn't find any one good quote or reference for

that

> either. I even found one manufacturer of ORGANIC tea including the

> claim of " high in fluoride " as a healthful aspect of their tea... go

> figure.

>

> Hope someone else has more concrete information! In the meantime, I

> make my Kombucha with organic tea. (BTW one popular web site on KT

> says NOT to use organic tea because it encourages mold... " can't win

> for losing " here. I have never had a problem with mold.)

>

> All the best,

> Jan