Kombucha

[Willbn]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if any of you have some good results or bad with drinking kombucha?

I'm diagnosed with a fatty liver and possible fibrosis i get elastography next week (hope for the best).

To boost my gut health i'm drinking 1 or 2 glasses kombucha weekly, I know it has added sugar but I was told this sugar gets consumed by the living organism inside the drink.

Any input would be nice?😊

[AyrshireK]

Just to point out that the British Liver Trust (who host this site) does not recommend the use of any homoeopathic or herbal remedies for those with any liver problems as these may damage the liver and lead to severe illness. For more information on this subject please visit the following page on our website: britishlivertrust.org.uk/in...

Unfortunately the issue with many of these products is that they haven't been properly studied, positive results are often just anecdotal with no proof that they have any beneficial effects at all and sadly the side effects are also not thoroughly examined - a quick read about the product on the internet reveals all sorts of potential issues.

"Since the mid-1990s, several cases of illness and at least one death in people who drank it have been reported. Ailments included liver problems, lactic acidosis (a buildup of lactic acid in the body), allergic reactions, and nausea."

In some cases it contains alcohol so isn't good for someone trying to get rid of alcohol related fatty liver disease.

Coffee is recommended by many liver doctors and liver specialist dieticians - obviously without ladle fulls of sugar. There are details on this on the page I linked to above.

Katie

[Wass71]

In addition to Katie's cautions, I would add that in order to improve the micro biomme, the bacteria need to make it to the intestines. In laboratory conditions they can demonstrate that these products create a lot of bacteria, however in reality they don't work as stomach acid is so strong it kills the bacteria before it gets where its needed. The bacteria needs to be made in the intestines to avoid the stomach acid. This is done by eating a wide variety of vegetables, fruit and fibre. There is no real quick fix to this. In small studies they have shown that live yogurt** may be one foodstuff that can cope with the stomach acid, so eaten along side other healthy foods can improve gut bacteria.

** live yogurt is not recommended if you are taking immunosuppression drugs, check with your Dr first.

Best wishes, stay safe

Wass

[Beture47]

Hi Willbn

My daughter told she was drinking this product I told her to stop my son read out some health tips to me this weekend about herbal extracts

They have not been tested

I had sub acute liver failure 5 year ago

No reason found no markers in my blood

The year before my diagnosis I bought green tea extract tablets. I took them for 3 months

There is now research that they can cause

Sub acute liver failure.. results

Death or transplantation

My advice fresh food 70% of your diet should be fruit and veg

Only supplements that have been tried and tested should be used with care

You can check out ectract of green tea. There is now a report out

I hope this is helpful

E

[Lam1e]

Pre my liver problems I took all sorts of herbal medicine, not realising that some can do more harm than good and if purchased online that you can be getting tablets etc with anything in them and have had no proper studies done. I now only take medicine prescribed for me by the Dr’s.

Post transplant I cannot have anything with live cultures either and have a list of “forbidden fruits” too.

L

[Willbn]

Thank you all for the replies, i will definitely cut these out of my diet. @lam1e does that mean yogurt aswell? Seems I need to get educated about these matters.😊

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You have had some excellent replies to your thread. The British Liver Trust does not recommend the use of homeopathic or herbal remedies for those with any liver problems as these have to be processed by the liver and could possible damage the liver further.

More research needs to be done on the use and safety of such remedies and therapies.

We would suggest that you should discuss the use of complementary and alternative therapies with your own doctors.

britishlivertrust.org.uk/in...

Best wishes.