Known as the “Immortal Health Elixir” by the Chinese and originating in the Far East around 2,000 years ago, kombucha is a beverage with tremendous health benefits.

Kombucha is a fermented beverage of black tea and sugar (from various sources including cane sugar, fruit or honey) that’s used as a functional food. It contains a colony of bacteria and yeast that are responsible for initiating the fermentation process once combined with sugar. The sugar-tea solution is fermented by bacteria and yeast commonly known as a “SCOBY” (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast

After being fermented, kombucha becomes carbonated and contains vinegar, b-vitamins, enzymes, probiotics and a high concentration of acid (acetic, gluconic and lactic), which are tied with the following healing properties:

1.    Liver detoxification

2.    Improved pancreas function

3.    Increased energy

4.    Better digestion

5.    Reduced joint pain

6.    Improved mood (helps with anxiety/depression)

7.    Kills candida (yeast)

8.    Weight loss 

If you are a huge kombucha fan but currently expecting, then please don’t hesitate to read this in-depth guide if drinking kombucha is safe while pregnant or nursing? Click here to learn more. Always consult your physician first before you consume anything!

Source: Dr. Axe