Kombucha

[John_morris71]

Has anyone with PD tried taking Kombucha and if so please let us know how it has helped ( supposed to aid microbiome and aid digestive process being a sort of probiotic). Also, how much quantity to take and how many times a day?

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Thanks

[WinnieThePoo]

We're big kombucha fans. We keep meaning to make our own but our local bio shop does a range of really nice flavoured ones. We usually get 2big tumblers out of a bottle and that's fine for an apero. When you first start drinking it can make you a little loose. If you fail to realise there is a sediment and fail to decant accordingly it can make you chained to the mahogany loose.

It's going to do wonders for your microbiome. If yoghurt is good and kefir better . Kombucha is probiotics on steroids

Once a day (3 times a week for us) is plenty

[TL500 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

What does it help you with? Thanks

[WinnieThePoo in reply to TL500]

Nothing specific. It's a nice drink (so helps me cut back on booze) and it is contributing to good gut flora

[TL500 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Thanks.

[John_morris71 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Thanks for the reply.

How much (quantity) do you drink at a time ? My mother is 75 years old and has both Kefir(200ml) and Goodbelly (80ml) shot on a daily basis for probiotic.

I am planning to give her 60ml-90ml of Kombucha on a daily basis in addition to the above. Want to give Kombucha daily for about a month to build up the good gut flora and then may be make it once in 2 days.

Any input is welcome.

[WinnieThePoo in reply to John_morris71]

I think our bottles are 500ml , which produces 2 tumblers (one for Mrs WTP) of 250ml. I probably would be cautious about drinking too much more than that at one time although its becoming trendy in bars in the UK now (Johnny Wilkinson, the England rugby world cup winning fly half, has his own brand)

[John_morris71 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Livin_MY_life in reply to WinnieThePoo]

My husband has been making his own beer for a while and when home over the past year we added Kombucha to the brew cycle. It's been fun, tasty and very helpful with improving regularity...At least for me. I am not really sure if there is truly an improvement with any PD symptoms but I do like to take my C/L IR with it as it seems to aid in the quick release process. I was searching to see if anyone else was experiencing benefits - not too many but I agree it is a nice switch from beer and the good probiotics seem to be helpful. Cheers! 🍻

[LAJ12345]

Watch this documentary. Scroll down to the link to Zach Bush’s talk . Push “on demand”. There is really interesting bits about kombucha, etc and is all about the link between the microbiome and modern diseases.

wlc.foodrevolution.org

Along with kombucha he recommends kefir, sauerkraut, miso, kimchi and getting out into nature and getting soil bacteria on you and breathing the earth’s microbiome including fungi and bacteria. The more different strains of bacteria the better your body’s ability to protect itself so find naturally fermented products, not ones that have been pasteurised or inoculated with one or 2 strains. He is also opposed to probiotic capsules as they are not diverse enough and can introduce mono cultures in your gut and new problems. The key is variety and a constant supply each day so take a tablespoon of something fermented every day.

[John_morris71 in reply to LAJ12345]

thanks for the reply.

[WinnieThePoo in reply to LAJ12345]

You've reminded me, I need to make some sauerkraut and beetroot and horseradish pickle

[LAJ12345 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Yum, can I have some