Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that is sweetened with fruit juice and has a SCOBY, a yeast and bacteria mixture, in each batch. The process introduces gut-friendly probiotics into kombucha, as the SCOBY eats up the sugar from the fruit leaving you with a moderately sweet drink. But is it as healthy as everything thinks? Here are all the health benefits of kombucha.
Promotes Gut Health
Probiotics work wonders for your gut and when you consume kombucha you are giving the probiotics a faster route to your gut to improve the growth of good bacteria, to help with your digestion and immune system.
Source of Antioxidant
Kombucha is essentially black or green tea which is known for being an amazing source of antioxidants that can help reduce the risk of diseases.
Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease
Kombucha has been found to increase the levels of HDL (good cholesterol) and reduce the levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) due to the green tea elements.
Can Kill Bacteria in the Gut
One of the main substances during the fermentation process is acetic acid which can kill harmful microorganisms. Kombucha made from black or green tea has strong antibacterial properties suppressing the growth of bacteria and yeasts that we don’t want in our body.
