Whole Foods Market Pulls Kombucha Teas, Citing Alcohol Content - DailyFinance

Sorry about that, I started writing and had to bail. I had a drink with aloe in it and liked the little gelatinous blobs. As for alcohol, it is involved in many drinks, I think there is a small amount permited in soft drinks. I am quite fond of spicy ginger beer which may indeed have a small amount of alcohol. Alcohol is produced when you use yeast to make bread, I 'm not surprised that some of these new drinks have some in them. Perhaps some of these drinks are getting too close to being beer.

You got it, Anonymous!! My evil plan is to drink one after the other to get drunk as a skunk!! LOL. The water or liquid intoxication factor would kill me first, it would have to be so much.

Kombucha Tea was created by a woman who was making her own (not recommended, as it can be tricky) and recovered from cancer, and credited that largely to Pro-biotics, Kombucha being one. Plain yoghurt, especially Greek which is stronger, is another. Fermented foods, such as pickled vegetables, above-mentioned miso, etc should be regularly consumed in the SAD (Standard American Diet)..........well at least that is what I was taught some 20 plus years ago by macrobiotic teachers. I had a rare type of cancer and found out that what Americans consider to be a well-balanced diet could well be getting them too sick, too soon.

Back to Synergy, you just have to find the flavour that appeals to you the best. Divine Grape really is Divine, at least to me, and is a substitution for soda, which I do not drink. But, the best part is, that I no longer require taking Proton Pump Inhibitors, like aforementioned Prilosec. I mean, is shutting down your body's own digestive juice making abilities the best way to go??

The FDA doesn't like anything that isn't pasteurized. Oh, how we miss our raw milk. They took that away many years ago............The FDA drives me NUTZ!

Yeah, if you are going to drink "juice" just check the label for sugar content, might as well have a soda...........and eat plain yoghurt, not the sugar ones. It can be kind of sour, but you'll get used to it. Or add your own honey and fruit.

My rant for the day............lol

PS You asked about the flavours, well there are so many (unless they all go bye-bye!) and some of them (Synergy) taste really disgusting to me too. Let's hope it's not to late for you to give some more a test drive!!

That's good to know. If the FDA gets it's way and pasteurizes this, then there won't be any point to buying it, so hopefully you know of other treatments for FM.

Yes, try Malic Acid as well. It can be found in formulations at Whole foods, but you may need to special order it, depending on how it is carried. It is not overly expensive.

Oh yeah, I forgot about vino, etc. Probably because I don't drink the stuff. It doesn't agree with me, and instead makes me feel like I've had a lot of coffee!! Not very relaxing........

Thanks, I do cook with wine and it looses all the alcohol content, so no adverse affects noted.

I am very upset that the FDA tries to mess with products that aren't doing any harm, yet today it finally comes out that Avandia (a drug to help stablize diabetics' blood sugar levels) has been actually GIVING 1 in 37 people taking it, heart attacks!!!

OMG, you know, I just can't take that they supposedly "police" our food and drugs, but in actuality they do not. They are actually approving things that kill people. Fermented food, there isn't anything wrong with that, and some of us like it. For you, it might be wine, for me it might be Synergy. But they need to get with it!! Do their job, and then get off our backs.........

Interesting. Europe and other places are often way ahead of us in many fields. We can borrow freely, but usually do not. As you say, bankroll!!