Guest guest Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 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...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 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...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 At 07:02 PM 3/26/2010, you wrote: Sorry for the confusion - I thought it was advanced, not illegal. Your description may explain the reason I've had a headache all day. Thought it was die off - I suppose it could be die off - it took me a while to realize that it was more of a die off headache than a headache from allergies, which is what I thought it was. Or it could be from the sugar or fructose - who knows. Hmm, I thought you said you had drunk it recently, or was thinking about trying it again. My mistake, Let me rephrase -- I sure as heck don't recommend it if you've been SCD less than 4-5 years. I've considered trying kombucha again, but I haven't gotten around to getting another mushroom, and, I'm wary of it because of additional research indicating that the mushrooms produce polysaccharides. Having established, over the lactose-based Motrin after my surgery that I surely don't tolerate disaccharides, I have no interest in trying lots of sucrose. And since it took me forever to handle fruit, aka fructose, I don't want to dump a bunch of that down there. I emphatically wouldn't recommend, if you are advanced enough to consider it, to use commercial kombucha. You know me: MAKE YOUR OWN! <grin> I can tell you from pre-SCD, that too much kombucha gave me a weird metallic taste in my mouth, and a kind of disoriented feeling. For me, it wasn't exactly a headache. It was... muzziness, if that makes sense. But remember, this was pre-SCD. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 At 07:02 PM 3/26/2010, you wrote: Sorry for the confusion - I thought it was advanced, not illegal. Your description may explain the reason I've had a headache all day. Thought it was die off - I suppose it could be die off - it took me a while to realize that it was more of a die off headache than a headache from allergies, which is what I thought it was. Or it could be from the sugar or fructose - who knows. Hmm, I thought you said you had drunk it recently, or was thinking about trying it again. My mistake, Let me rephrase -- I sure as heck don't recommend it if you've been SCD less than 4-5 years. I've considered trying kombucha again, but I haven't gotten around to getting another mushroom, and, I'm wary of it because of additional research indicating that the mushrooms produce polysaccharides. Having established, over the lactose-based Motrin after my surgery that I surely don't tolerate disaccharides, I have no interest in trying lots of sucrose. And since it took me forever to handle fruit, aka fructose, I don't want to dump a bunch of that down there. I emphatically wouldn't recommend, if you are advanced enough to consider it, to use commercial kombucha. You know me: MAKE YOUR OWN! <grin> I can tell you from pre-SCD, that too much kombucha gave me a weird metallic taste in my mouth, and a kind of disoriented feeling. For me, it wasn't exactly a headache. It was... muzziness, if that makes sense. But remember, this was pre-SCD. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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