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Kombucha is a tangy sweet fizzy drink, generally considered to have about 30 calories per 8oz... That's good compared to about 93 for coke, but I'm on a weight loss, health improvement program ... of my own design. I've been fasting aggressively, as fasting does many good things for your body...

Masticating juicers do not oxidize......... they use an auger running about 40 RPM specifically for that reason. They are built specifically to prevent oxidation. The hops will go into the wort immediately after mastication. The advantage is that the veg matter will sink like pellet hops, as...

I'm doing well with the fasting. 43 days of cumulative fasting, and I'm down to just under 180 (stable weight) from 202. I'm on a brief "vacation" and eating "keto", due to the need to take some antibiotics. In general the effects have been positive far beyond my weight loss. Mental...

My neighbor called me up for advice brewing with fresh hops...... what to use and how much. He's doing a brew today. I suggested that I bring over my Omega 900, which is a masticating type juicer that uses an auger. It contains non-juicing components for doing things like nut butter, where...

I'm a bit of an iconoclast I guess............... I feel that tea is just used because it started that way and everybody slavishly followed suit. If you look around on the net, you will find that people have successfully used other things............ Only the purists claim (falsely) that it...

My body doesn't like dry fasting very well. I was on a 4 day fast this week. I did the first day dry... no problem, then went to a water fast for a day, then a day dry. I walk 2 miles a day, and found it extremely difficult..... normally I step out with alacrity and energy. My body was...

I'm caffeine free. After drinking coffee for 50 years, it had zero effects, positive or negative, and I decided that it was a chemical I didn't need. Withdrawal is brutal!! Visiting my mother, I drink her coffee........ no more!! I had a 3 day withdrawal after a week of visiting. I'll...

There are a number of sources that quote studies.... supposedly, that have found that there is zero reduction of caffeine. Here is one article there are more, but I didn't go looking for an actual study. Unfortunately the folk wisdom is that there is only 1/3 as much, and through constant...

While I have no way to measure the microbial balance other than flavor, I do have pretty sensitive taste buds. What I am detecting is a change in balance as reflected in less complexity of flavor, specifically the acidity aspect of the flavor. We know that there are two primary organisms that...

I've also read about some real benefits to GREEN tea. The caffeine does NOT disappear in kombucha, in fact studies have shown that it is not even reduced. I know from experience that decaf works just as well as regular tea, though some purists claim otherwise........ They are simply lying...

I'm into day 26 (cumulative) of fasting. Yesterday was an eating day. I seem to be down a stable 14 lbs. By the time I break this fast, I expect to be about 1/3 of the way to my target, though I expect realistically to have to do about fasting 90 days. This is my first hard dry fast.... no...

Kombucha has traditionally been produced from sweetened tea.......... I don't like tea, and do not like putting caffeine into my system. What function does the tea perform? Obviously it must provide the nutrients for the yeast, and possibly other microbes. It is nonsense to claim that...

When I fast I do straight water fasts...... no nutritional intake at all. I take a multi vitamin daily and minerals to maintain electrolyte balance. To me a fast is a fast.... period. Nothing........... H.W.

The best insurance for kombucha is continuous brew..... If you are having problems with things like this, it tells me that you are batch brewing. Once the kombucha is properly soured in a continuous brew, pull only a percentage out and replace with sweet tea........ Keep the percentage below...

I tend to brew a more sour kombucha than most folks..... I like sour also. The reality is that kombucha normally will continue to sour well beyond drinkability if you allow it........ do you like drinking straight vinegar? Reducing the sugar up front obviously is going to reduce the ultimate...

The fact remains that kombucha must contain significant residual sugar to offset the sourness created by the acids...... Otherwise it would be like drinking lemon juice or vinegar. Gravity readings are questionable at best when alcohol is being converted to vinegar, but a relative gravity over...

The biggest problem I have to overcome is the tendency to eat beyond the point where I'm satisfied. Same thing..... Rather than "portion size" specifically, it's developing the habit of just stopping. In truth, a small amount of food will take the edge off, and that's where I need to...

Remember that urine is very high in nitrogen.... be careful to spread it around liberally, not just piss in one spot. Concentrated it will kill plants (too much fertilizer), spread out it enhances growth. Urine is a valuable resource that we mindlessly treat as waste....... but so is "solid...

I'm into day 21 in a series of fasts. I'm over half way through day 3 of this particular fast...of indeterminate length. I listen to my body, and when it tells me to break the fast I do. The longest so far has been 5 days ..... I'd like to do 7 this time bringing me to the 25 day mark...

None of this is news to me.... I don't happen to have yeast nutrient.... which is why I didn't use any. I do believe inverting helps. I have an aeration stone, but no aquarium pump... which is why I'm aerating the way I am.... My LHBS closed. I gave away my stir plate and flask when I quit...