Health Try Kombucha
to Boost Your Mood and Immune System
32 By Maddy Eagle A
“[G]ood bacteria in your gut
enhances your immune system function [and] can
improve symptoms of depression, help combat obesity, thwart off auto-
immune diseases, and provide
numerous other benefi ts.” —Maddy Eagle
s a Kombucha brewer, when I ask people, “How is your gut?”, I hear it all. “My gut is working
jusssst fine,” while they give it a good rub, “I have NO issues.” Or, “I DON’T HAVE A GUT!” The gut is the long tube that starts at the mouth
and ends at…well, the butt. It consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gall- bladder, small intestine, colon, and the butt. It’s a powerhouse not only because of these organs, but it also largely affects the immune system and neurotransmitters. In fact, 70% of the immune system is housed in the gut. Have you ever eaten an unhealthy meal and
just felt bad afterwards? I don’t mean the rumbly stomach or constipation. I mean you actually feel low. How about when you eat a healthy meal and you feel on top of the world? I’m sure we can all recall both of these feelings. Here’s why.
Fermented Probiotic Beverages Improve Digestion
Researching medical journals due to my own digestive issues and joint pain, and then turning to homebrewed Kombucha to alleviate
my symptoms, transformed into starting my own “fermented probiotic beverage” brewery. With my business as a platform, I have been educating others on gut health, probiotics, and plants as medicine. Some of our customers have no idea that what they thought was “regular” digestion was quite the opposite, and they feel so much different with kombucha in their diet. In other cases, we simply help people feel good after a meal, in their core, or sometimes they even notice differences in their mental clarity or mood.
An Unhealthy Gut Causes Disease and Depression
Studies on the gut-immune system connection have been heavily conducted in the past two decades, while the gut-brain link has only been studied more recently in the last decade. I have begun to understand that an unhealthy gut is the reason for many of my issues and many diseases we hear so much of today. An unhealthy gut may cause gas, daily fatigue, skin diseases, and even serious depression. After all, our bod-
SPRING 2021
ESSENTIAL Naples
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