Bacterial infection got you down?
Someone dear to me has a bacterial infection in their knee.
I suggested a natural homeopathic antibacterial remedy of the classic combo: garlic, cayenne pepper and real honey to help their body fight the infection.
I’m not a doctor, just sharing my personal experience with this golden remedy.
It worked for me to destroy a strep infection I had some time ago.
Do you know what else fights bacteria?
That’s right, Jooohnny, it’s Kombucha!
But this cute little devil is whispering in my mom’s ear, “Well, how do we know kombucha really does that?”
Enter scientific data…..
Here’s a neat scientific study from Egypt.
I like this study because it examines multiple kombucha preparations, including unfermented, fermented, neutral and heated variations.
This is an in vitro study that shows the power of beneficial acids. Emphasis mine.
“Kombucha is a traditional beverage of sweetened black tea fermented with a symbiotic association of acetic acid bacteria and yeasts. In this study, kombucha fermented beverage (KFB) appeared to include nine chemical groups (alcohols, acids, lactones, condensed heterocyclic compounds, antibiotics, esters, aldehydes, fatty acids, and alkaloids) of many bioactive metabolites, as elucidated by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and IR spectra. The fermented metabolic components of KFB seem collectively to act in a synergistic action giving rise to the antimicrobial activity. Four types of kombucha preparations (fermented, neutralized, heat-treated and unfermented) were demonstrated with respect to their antimicrobial activity against some pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains using agar well diffusion assay. KFB exerted the strongest antimicrobial activities when compared with neutralized and heat-treated kombucha beverages (NKB and HKB). Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538 (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli ATCC11229 (E. coli) were the organisms most susceptible to the antimicrobial activity of kombucha beverage preparations. Finally, the KFB preparation showed remarkable inhibitory activity against S. aureus and E. coli bacteria in a brain heart infusion broth and in some Egyptian fruit juices (apple, guava, strawberry, and tomato). These data reveal that kombucha is not only a prophylactic agent, but also appears to be promising as a safe alternative biopreservative, offering protection against pathogenic bacteria and fungi.”
What surprised me about this study is the positive results from the heated kombucha. It showed good activity against the bad bacteria.
The raw fermented kombucha was by far superior in the battle against the bad bacterial players but the heated kombucha definitely had game.
This is just one example, but it gets the point across that kombucha is a useful tool to help empower our health.
More studies on kombucha involving humans, not just in vitro or using animals, need to be conducted.
We will see many more studies in the near future as kombucha is becoming more popular.
Remember, at Blanco Booch, we use only Natural Spring Water from a protected source and organic raw cane sugar in our Kombucha.
We go the extra mile to juice our fruits in-house for the second fermentation.
No added filtered water or preservatives.
Flavors this month:
Raspberry with Raspberry Leaves
Raspberry Ginger
Raspberry Lemongrass
Lemongrass Ginger
Pineapple Lemongrass
Blood Orange Hibiscus
Blueberry Basil
Where you can find Blanco Booch in April
- April 7 Bee Caves at the Galleria 10am-2pm
- April 8 On the Square in Blanco for the Eclipse 9am-4pm
- April 20 Blanco Market Day 9am-4pm
- April 21 Bee Caves at the Galleria 10am-2pm
HOME | Bee Cave FM (beecavefarmersmarket.com)
Blanco Market Day • Old Blanco County Courthouse (historicblanco.org)
Have a great day and I hope you will do something to nourish your body today.
Cheers to your health,
DJ with Blanco Booch
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