Guest guest Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Hi there, I'm new here and just looking into this diet and giving it a go. I find the layout of this board a bit confusing, but have searched for this question and come up with no answer. Does anyone know if kombucca tea is legal? It's fermented tea (all the sugar is suposedly used up by fermentation process. Anyone? I'd be grateful for any answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I'm new to the site too and I also am confused. But then again,I don't spend any time on the computer. I am not new to the diet though and I do know that it's not a legal item. If you go to www.pecanbread.com you will see a legal/illegal food list. If it's not on the legal list then don't use it. It is 'specific'. Good luck. > > Hi there, > > I'm new here and just looking into this diet and giving it a go. I find the layout of this board a bit confusing, but have searched for this question and come up with no answer. > > Does anyone know if kombucca tea is legal? It's fermented tea (all the sugar is suposedly used up by fermentation process. Anyone? I'd be grateful for any answers. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 At 08:33 PM 11/1/2009, you wrote: Does anyone know if kombucca tea is legal? It's fermented tea (all the sugar is suposedly used up by fermentation process. Anyone? I'd be grateful for any answers. Nope. I've made kombucha tea (pre-SCD). You add sugar to strong tea, and then add a kombucha culture, which is a flat pancake comprised of various yeasts and bacteria. I would not regard it as SCD legal because it contains many yeasts and bacteria, and because it produces polysaccharides. Kombucha was never approved by Elaine. Also, one of the products of kombucha is lots and lots of fructose, which some SCDers have indicated is a problem for them. I brewed my own kombucha prior to starting SCD, but then stopped as Elaine said she felt it was a very advanced food. She was always very cautious about probiotic issues because for those of us with gut issues, it's too easy to have things over grow. Kombucha is essentially lots of different bacteria and yeasts, forming a colony, and I'd be very wary of it until significant healing has taken place. I do know that when I brewed my own, I typically made it with tea that was twice as strong as is normally used, and then brewed it twice or three times as long in order to be sure all the sugar was eaten up. (I lost my kombucha " mushrooms " which I had kept alive for over four years, intending to add kombucha back in one of these days, thanks to Hurricane Katrina -- poor things just couldn't take the mold and mildew in the house while we were gone for six weeks.) — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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