Comments on: Kombucha – Healthy Elixer Or Not? http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/ The official blog of the Skeptologists Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-73322 Danny Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:44 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-73322 Ha ha, here in my local grocery store in NYC can of soda = $1, Kombucha = $5 , I think I'm stop drinking Kombucha and start with sodas... So it's here for hundreds of years and you're still suspicious ? Good. Ha ha, here in my local grocery store in NYC can of soda = $1, Kombucha = $5 , I think I’m stop drinking Kombucha and start with sodas… So it’s here for hundreds of years and you’re still suspicious ? Good.

]]> By: Alicia Jacobson http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-61078 Alicia Jacobson Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:59:00 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-61078 Vinegar is an excellent cleaner and great for the body. I do not understand your comment. Vinegar is an excellent cleaner and great for the body. I do not understand your comment.

]]> By: Tia http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-22871 Tia Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:45:48 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-22871 I drink kombucha, mostly because it tastes good and gives me a slight buzz (from the fizz and slight alcohol content I presume.) My thoughts on the health benefits are this. If one has health problems to begin with, they should probably ask themselves what is causing them (ie: if one is obese, one needs to balance the calories they intake/burn so they lose weight, if they are stressed they should check their job, family, finances, social structures that influence them, to see whats causing the stress.) To think that any wonder drug/drink/pill will cure ones problems, while they're still doing things that are causing the problems is illogical. Perhaps taking some sort of medication in conjunction with ending the negative actions on their self would be beneficial, but to think that those drugs will allow them to keep going on in the way that got them into the problems they face now is irresponsible. Plus reassessing ones health status is free, and then if one decides to consume healthier foods they can spend the $3 on fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, dairy, or meat in their whole forms, which traditional cultures have been using to fuel themselves and keep healthy since the beginning of time. I drink kombucha, mostly because it tastes good and gives me a slight buzz (from the fizz and slight alcohol content I presume.) My thoughts on the health benefits are this. If one has health problems to begin with, they should probably ask themselves what is causing them (ie: if one is obese, one needs to balance the calories they intake/burn so they lose weight, if they are stressed they should check their job, family, finances, social structures that influence them, to see whats causing the stress.) To think that any wonder drug/drink/pill will cure ones problems, while they’re still doing things that are causing the problems is illogical. Perhaps taking some sort of medication in conjunction with ending the negative actions on their self would be beneficial, but to think that those drugs will allow them to keep going on in the way that got them into the problems they face now is irresponsible. Plus reassessing ones health status is free, and then if one decides to consume healthier foods they can spend the $3 on fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, dairy, or meat in their whole forms, which traditional cultures have been using to fuel themselves and keep healthy since the beginning of time.

]]> By: Tia http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-22870 Tia Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:22:50 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-22870 What's with the constant advertising for GT Dave's? What’s with the constant advertising for GT Dave’s?

]]> By: Tia http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-22869 Tia Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:03:44 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-22869 I don't think that's the point. The point is they're not going to drink it religiously in order to get some sort of health benefit from it when there is no proof that there is a health benefit. I don’t think that’s the point. The point is they’re not going to drink it religiously in order to get some sort of health benefit from it when there is no proof that there is a health benefit.

]]> By: Tia http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-22868 Tia Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:42:50 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-22868 Also unlike all of those juices, which come from far away places, and take much labor and distribution to come to your grocery store, kombucha is something that everyone with sugar, tea, a scoby (mother) and a big bottle can make, again and again and again. Which given the nature of it, is much more liberating to ones wallet and to other peoples food sources than things such as acai which some worry is taking away food from Brazil natives, who unlike Americans need that food to survive. Also unlike all of those juices, which come from far away places, and take much labor and distribution to come to your grocery store, kombucha is something that everyone with sugar, tea, a scoby (mother) and a big bottle can make, again and again and again. Which given the nature of it, is much more liberating to ones wallet and to other peoples food sources than things such as acai which some worry is taking away food from Brazil natives, who unlike Americans need that food to survive.

]]> By: Pampelmousse http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-16339 Pampelmousse Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:50:58 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-16339 Kombucha was all the rage about 20 years ago here in Japan. Everyone seemed to want it. Women kept it like a family treasure in their closets and talked to it as if it were a pet. Like all fads, it came and went. Now no one seems to have it--or want it. Here it is called tea mushroom, kocha kinoko. Where does the name kombucha come from? Could it be that someone who came to Japan during the kocha kinoko craze got it mixed up with the kelp tea which is spelled either konbucha or kombucha? In Japan the people who promoted kocha kinoko made a lot of money. Perhaps the same motive is behind the fad now in the US. Kombucha was all the rage about 20 years ago here in Japan. Everyone seemed to want it. Women kept it like a family treasure in their closets and talked to it as if it were a pet. Like all fads, it came and went. Now no one seems to have it–or want it. Here it is called tea mushroom, kocha kinoko. Where does the name kombucha come from? Could it be that someone who came to Japan during the kocha kinoko craze got it mixed up with the kelp tea which is spelled either konbucha or kombucha? In Japan the people who promoted kocha kinoko made a lot of money. Perhaps the same motive is behind the fad now in the US.

]]> By: Claidheamh mor http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-16028 Claidheamh mor Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:17 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-16028 I make kombucha and drink it. A small amount. I don't like it when it's gone very sour and vinegary. Mine's pretty good. I also don't like: GT's anecdotal story. Hate that shit. Gooby health nut soyhead vegan freakazoids. (Like vegan food, hate nutty vegans.) Can't tell if a half glass every one or two days has health benefits or not. If it causes someone harm, it's probably because some dumb broad drank it morning, noon and night. Agree that someone who misspells in an article loses credibility. Double for attacking someone who points it out, as if literacy and excellence were a bad thing. Got enough of people excusing their own incompetence by attacking virtues; don't need any more, I make kombucha and drink it.
A small amount. I don’t like it when it’s gone very sour and vinegary. Mine’s pretty good.

I also don’t like:
GT’s anecdotal story. Hate that shit.
Gooby health nut soyhead vegan freakazoids. (Like vegan food, hate nutty vegans.)

Can’t tell if a half glass every one or two days has health benefits or not.
If it causes someone harm, it’s probably because some dumb broad drank it morning, noon and night.

Agree that someone who misspells in an article loses credibility. Double for attacking someone who points it out, as if literacy and excellence were a bad thing. Got enough of people excusing their own incompetence by attacking virtues; don’t need any more,

]]> By: D http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-16000 D Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:14:30 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-16000 Did you really just tell someone to WIKIPEDIA something in order to get facts? LoL. Did you really just tell someone to WIKIPEDIA something in order to get facts? LoL.

]]> By: Loren http://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/14/kombucha-healthy-elixer-or-not/#comment-15960 Loren Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:32:23 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=403#comment-15960 I just tried GT's Multi-Green Kombucha last night because a co-worker suggested it. She's been taking a bottle a day for the last two weeks and says she feels energized and I've observed that she is in great spirits everyday, that was not the case two weeks prior to her taking it. I have to admit, after one bottle I feel very clear headed...power of suggestion? Maybe. But I usually don't feel this energized or clear headed after drinking Margaritas the night before, so we'll see. I just tried GT’s Multi-Green Kombucha last night because a co-worker suggested it. She’s been taking a bottle a day for the last two weeks and says she feels energized and I’ve observed that she is in great spirits everyday, that was not the case two weeks prior to her taking it. I have to admit, after one bottle I feel very clear headed…power of suggestion? Maybe. But I usually don’t feel this energized or clear headed after drinking Margaritas the night before, so we’ll see.

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