Post by cornfedup on Jul 29, 2017 8:27:23 GMT -8
Please pardon the interruption from one of the lurkers, but I just had to share a minor miracle with y'all. Vintage, you're probably all over this already, but has anyone tried Kambucha for bowel health? It's a fermented tea drink, which sounds and looks disgusting, I know. But I started drinking tiny amounts of it 10 days ago and have now had seven consecutive days of the most wonderful bowel movements ever. (I could only say that here!)
Seriously. No aids, no suppositories, just DM. Not diarrhea, just a nice, big, easily managed movement waiting for me every morning. Done in 5 minutes. I didn't poop this well before my injury! I've struggled with my guts from the beginning, and don't think I realized how much it was affecting until I was cleaned out for a few days. I had just finished 14 days of IV antibiotics for a kidney infection, and felt like death warmed over when I started this experiment. I had well and truly killed every good bug in my body and was desperate to hear my guts gurgle again. In ten days time it's turned completely around.
Anyway. Most grocery stores carry it in the fresh juice sections. Start slow. A few ounces a day, then a few more ounces the next...give your body time to adjust to all the new probiotics and make sure it doesn't react badly. Give it a Google and read up on it. Like anything, some swear by it, some say it's BS. So far I'm a beleiver. Happy pooping!!!
Brewing your own is "óptimo". And you're giving yourself the best chance of success by ordering the scoby by mail. It's certainly worth a try. I drank half a bottle of kombucha with supper, and will report on the results at the appropriate time. At the grocery store, I bought the gingerade that you recommended and also a 'strawberry serenity'. I drank half of the strawberry. I must admit that the first whiff of the fermented vinegar smell put my brain 'on alert'. I'm sure that this is because I have to be hyper-careful not to eat or drink anything spoiled, rotten fruit included, of course. I just need to have some good experiences with kombucha so that I can associate the vinegar smell with 'health',