Contents

• What Kombucha looks like and how to make a drink from it
• Properties of Kombucha
• Use kombucha?
• Kombucha – contraindications for use

Kombucha, also called tea fungus, is not actually a fungus. Instead, it is a symbiotic colony of bacteria and a special yeast culture belonging to the so-called SCOBY group, i.e. Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast . In Asian countries more than 2,000 years, a special drink has been prepared based on these bacteria, which is considered an elixir of longevity and has extraordinary health-promoting properties. In local medicine, kombucha is a remedy for all kinds of ailments. Relatively recently, the drink kombucha has also appeared in our country. So let's take a look at its properties.

What Kombucha looks like and how to make a drink from it

Kombucha looks like a round, slightly transparent cake with a strong gelatinous consistency. To make a drink from it, you need to add it to a container of sweet tea. Then the fermentation process begins. After about five (sometimes seven) days, the refreshing, sweet-sour, and slightly sparkling drink is ready to drink.

Properties of Kombucha

In China and Japan, where kombucha is most popular, it is considered a beverage that helps with almost all types of ailments. In fact, it is a healthier alternative to all carbonated, overly sweetened, and artificially colored fizzy drinks. One of the greatest benefits of kombucha is its probiotic nature. The kombucha drink helps regulate the proper level of intestinal flora, especially after a course of antibiotics, thus boosting immunity. Kombucha is also a source of many valuable ingredients such as:

• B vitamins,
• Vitamin C,
• Minerals: calcium, zinc, copper, magnesium , iron.
• organic acids: lactic acid, acetic acid and gluconic acid

The kombucha drink also contains sugar and caffeine, which is why it should not be given to children.

Use kombucha?

Kombucha is considered a universal health-promoting elixir that has a positive effect on our entire body. It is recommended, among other things:

• Cleansing the body of toxins,
• Weight loss, acceleration of metabolism and fat burning,
• blood pressure regulation,
• Lowering cholesterol levels and preventing the development of arteriosclerosis,
• Improve concentration,
• Insomnia,
• Strengthening the immune system,
• Improvement of appetite,
• Regulation and improvement of kidney and liver function,
• Arthritis and rheumatism.

Kombucha – contraindications for use

Although the health benefits of kombucha have not been thoroughly tested and confirmed by scientists, they agree that this beverage has a positive effect on our metabolism, provides energy, influences the body's acidity, and cleanses it of toxins. However, this beverage is not suitable for everyone. It's also worth starting by drinking kombucha in small amounts to see if it causes any side effects. Kombucha should be avoided at all costs:

• Children,
• pregnant and breastfeeding women,
• People suffering from stomach ulcers and heartburn,
• Diabetes,
• People undergoing chemotherapy
• People suffering from diarrhea
• People with kidney stones,
• People suffering from gastrointestinal mycosis (kombucha can contribute to the development of this disease).