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So What Are The Benefits of Kombucha Tea?

5th May, 2012 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Halle Berry and other Hollywood stars have enjoyed the benefits of drinking this healthy beverage. Supermarkets dedicate an entire shelf for this product because people cannot seem to get enough of it. But what really is kombucha tea, where did it come from, and why is there such a high demand for it? Do we really benefit from drinking this drink as what zealots claim?

Kombuha tea comes from the culture of kombucha mushroom, which is then fermented together with the green and black tea. After the fermentation process, the sac that is formed has the same color and shape of a mushroom which is where the name is derived. Some of the microorganisms in kombucha mushroom include Torula species, Bacterium katogenum, Bacterium xylinoides, Bacterium gluconicum, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Bacterium xylinum, Brettanomyces bruxellensis, Saccharomycodes ludwigii, Pichia fermentans and many more. The time in brewing as well as the yeast and sugar determines the final product but after fermentation, the solution will usually become acidic having 0.5-1.5% alcohol content.

The kombucha tea has only been sold and marketed for a only a few years but proponents of this product claim that this has been in distribution during the Qin Dynasty (although there are no books and solid evidence that will back this claim). Harald W. Tietze, the author of the book “Kombucha, The Miracle Fungus”, has claimed that the people in Qin Dynasty has called the beverage “Godly Tea or Tsche” and is believed to endow people with magical powers to make them live forever.

When you take all the benefits listed above, then you can very well say that indeed kombucha mushroom has the potential to be called “elixir of life”. Many of the people who promote this products all say that this product is good for the body and can even cure illnesses such as fatigue syndrome, baldness, athrities, isomnia and even intestinal problems. It also contains glucaric acid, which is said to be a cancer-preventive agent. By drinking this tea, they say you will cure HIV.

Does it sound too good to be true? Not quite. Even though how hard proponents endorse the product, there is still no scientific proof present to back its claims. Instead, there have a lot of infections and deaths that put their blame on the practice of drinking kombucha tea. Home-brewing can actually pose a serious health issue because of bacterial contamination. When you drink a lot of products that are not prepared properly, you can get yourself sick and can even result in your death.

To see more benefits of Kombucha, visit the following:
Mushroom Tea Recipe Mother Culture