Re: Pregnancy, my .02

[Guest guest]

Again hmm...

2006/7/24, Baker :

> Kombucha is a food. The alcohol content is the same as fruit juice, so

> avoiding KT during pregnancy out of fear of alcohol would mean that women

> shouldn't drink fruit juice during pg? I don't think so.

Oh no! Fruit juice is evil too! We should ban it to make sure no

pregnant woman drinks it!

> Kombucha is a highly nutritious food that gives the body the building

> blocks to do with as it pleases. That is the difference between a drug and

> a food, is that the body chooses what to do with the substance, it is not

> *told* to do with it.

Well, both food and drugs change the chemical balance of the body.

Some of these substances put naturally occuring things in, like

proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, water, minerals, and even

dimethyltryptamine, which is a naturally occuring chemical in the

brain. Some put other chemicals in, like ibeauprofin, any number of

antibiotics, and psylocibin, which don't occur naturally. But because

we see a bigger effect on the body and/or the mind, we think of it as

a drug, wether it's medicinal, or so called recreational, or both. So

just put in what's good for you, that's all .

Kombucha certainly has lot's of things in it that are good for you,

but don't occur in the body itself, including caffiene. So you can

always call kombucha a psychotropic drug.

[Guest guest]

>, please pardon my ignorance.

>In regards to pregnant and nursing mothers. please clarify

>what you meant by;

>

>1) " Plus, kombucha may detox but it is a *balancer* more

>than anything. It

>provides the body with the constituents to balance itself. "

>

>what in Kombucha specifically achieves those goals?

I don't know what in kombucha specifically achieves those goals, and I

don't have to know. What I'm referring to are the actions

reported: people who need to lose weight lose weight, and vice

versa. People with high blood pressure find it lowered, those with too low

find it raised to a good level. People with dry skin who use it topically

and those with oily skin both find that it improves their skin toward a

middle ground. People with too-thick blood have their blood balance back

to neutral. I also use the term " balancer " to mean, bringing health back

into balance, as in, correcting out-of-balance issues.

>2) " giving one's body optimal nutrition during pregnancy "

>

>What are the optimal nutrition in kombucha that you are

>referring to ?

I'm not saying kombucha itself constitutes optimal nutrition-- obviously

humans may not live on KT alone. I am saying that as a food in one's diet

it provides important (and rare) building blocks (the important acids and

polysaccharides) that the body uses for crucial functions, and also aids

the body in nutrient uptake and absorption (via gut conditioning). So it

is a part of optimal nutrition, being the highly nutritious food that it

is, with the additional benefit of increasing the body's ability to utilize

nutrients. A very smart choice.

--V

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