What are the risks in relation to the benefits of consumption of Kombucha?
Is Kombucha Tea good for you? It’s one of my first videos. It was presented in an entry on the blog entitled “NutritionFacs.org: The First Month”, where I admired the video almost 100,000 people. You can see it below and at 0:20 in my video Kombucha’s side effects: Is it bad for you?. I have the honor to say we are now reaching more than 100,000 people one day.
In this first video Kombucha, I profile a report published to Newspaper of medical intensive care of the “case of Kombucha tea toxicity” in which a young man ended up in an acute coma. The authors concluded: “While Kombucha tea is considered a healthy elixir, the limited evidence currently exist is raising significant concern that it can create serious health risks. And this was just one of the many reports of” serious cases, and sometimes [liver] Dysfunction and lactic acidosis in narrow proximity. ”
For example, there were Two cases in Iowa of severe metabolic acidosis, including one death. There was also an activation of a life -threatening autoimmune muscle disease that oblige Surgical Emergency surgery and “is probably related to the consumption of a fermented Kombucha drink”. Other patient presented With difficulty breathing, shaking and moving disorder “after eating tea and without other drugs”, and a middle -aged woman complained of xerostomia, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headache and throat pain “and her repeat symptoms. were Another case of severe metabolic lactic acidosis, as well as hepatotoxicity (hepatic toxicity) which determined After stopping Kombucha.
Why these sporadic cases? Maybe some unusual toxins developed in a particular batch. I mean, that is A fermented product, so it is likely that there was only some infection by a bad mistake, such as people’s time soiled Kombucha on their skin because they were told they had “magical therapeutic power”. What he had instead was the carbon. So, although such reports were rare, I came to terms with ten years ago that we should probably be stuck in foods that have not put people in coma. But what about his dangers to benefits? Maybe Kombucha is worth it. After all, it is “supposed To cure cancer “,” eliminate wrinkles “,” and even restore gray hair in its original color ” – such as” trade available by alternative and natural therapists in all the United States “.
‘Currently, Kombucha is alternately praise as “the final health drink” or doomed as “unsafe medicinal tea”.claimant To be a universal wonderful medicine … A filter that improves awareness and concentration, slimming, cleaning, regeneration and life that expands. “What are they? Is Is “filter or poison?
Back in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, there were several medical studies was held by recognized doctors who confirm all the beneficial results, as you can see below and at 2:55 in my video.
I couldn’t wait to read them. Dufrense and Farnworth were referencedAnd when I went to this paper, I saw the same claim, citing Allen 1998. When I went to this source I saw the referral is For a random Kombucha site, as shown below, and at 3:10 in my video. And guess what? This site were Defunct since 2001 and “much of the Kombucha information” published comes from comments on a mailing list.
Finally, in 2003, a systematic review of clinical elements that were published was conducted. “The main result of this systematic review, it seems, is the complete lack of efficacy data … No clinical studies have been found on the effectiveness of this treatment.” We just have these warning stories, these cases of cases. Thus, on the basis of this data, it was concluded that the largely unspecified benefits do not offset the documented dangers of Kombucha. Therefore, it cannot be recommended for therapeutic use. “That was in 2003, though.
‘Non -human literature themes allegations Numerous benefits for the health of Kombucha “, with” non -human “which means mice and rats. We need human clinical trials, but there is still no single controlled human study. (I did finding An uncontrolled study that is supposed to show a significant decrease in fasting and blood sugars after light between people with type 2 diabetes, as shown below at 4:19 in my video.)
“Nevertheless”, despite controlled tests, “important commercial shelf is now devoted For Kombucha products, and there is a widespread belief that products promote health. “Well, we hectare Left with this extreme inequality between science and belief: “There are no positive clinical elements. [health] The claims about this are as extensive as they are unlikely. The possibility of damage seems important. In such extreme cases, health professionals should discourage consumers to use (and pay) corrective measures that seem to benefit only those who sell them. “
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