Wednesday, April 03, 2024

kombucha microbes break down fat stores like fasting – without the effort

wednesday, april 3, 2024 at 10:40:36 p.m. edt

kombucha microbes break down fat stores like fasting – without the effort




"it may not be to everyone's taste, but kombucha tea may be able to deliver the benefits of fasting, without the hardest part – the fasting itself. researchers found that when the yeasts and bacteria from the fermented, sweetened tea colonized the gut, they altered fat metabolism, without any other…"
newatlas.com

I drink kombucha instead of tea or soft drinks.

Probiotics, primarily.

"Now, researchers from the university of north Carolina at chapel hill have discovered how, in caenorhabditis elegans, kombucha's microbes directly influence intestinal gene expression, particularly in those linked to fat metabolism. the introduced flora boosted the proteins needed to break down fat, while conversely they helped dial down the formation of proteins that help build the lipid (or fat) compounds known as triglycerides."



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What else does it do?
Sounds like it's from Africa.
--GRA