康福茶號稱『永生健康極品』的十八個理由

康福茶不是新東西，號稱有兩千年歷史。能舒緩關節炎，提高抗癌能力，激發本有免疫力，古老中國甚至稱它為不朽的健康極品。

康福茶的健康效用多到數不清，從促進排毒，降低關節痛，降低膽固醇，恢復腸蠕動，緩解胃潰瘍及各種消化困擾。富含抗氧化物質，有抗菌特質，有助於治療不同的病情。 比方癌症，糖尿病，與促進細胞健康本質，強化免疫功能。

康福茶十八種健康益處

一、天然解毒劑

康福茶有益生菌和酵素能促進解毒功能，好菌在腸道主要一個工作就是解毒，放更多好菌到腸道，解毒功力就會大增。康福茶能促進解毒， 經常性飲用康福茶也能支援肝的功效。

二、抗氧化劑

康福茶含有豐富的抗生素，包括：維他命E、C、beta胡蘿蔔素、與其他類胡蘿蔔素。康福茶，也含有多酚與其他化合物，只因為它是發酵過的，康福茶比一般茶更有力。它的抗氧能力是單單維他命C的100倍，是維他命E的25倍。

三、能量

康福茶將紅茶中的鐵份釋放出來、幫助血中的血紅蛋白含量提高，並增加血流到組織的攜氧含量，也能改善身體對於非植物鐵質的吸收力。

四、增強免疫力

康福茶天然抗氧能力高，並支持免疫系統。再次地，講到免疫功能。這世上沒有魔力錠或銀色子彈，能支援身體天然免疫過程的最佳良方就是康福茶。

五、緩解便秘

便祕有可能長期發生，源自於吃了不對的食物，或運動量不夠，就像腹瀉，便秘。在飲用康福茶後，能很快改善，因為康福茶有助改善腸道健康。

六、減重

康福茶有助平衡新陳代謝，動物研究顯示茶能抑制卡洛里增加達到減重效果，

七、糖尿病

追朔到1929年久遠的研究,，發現康福茶能降低血糖。更多最近的動物研究顯示，康福茶能有效降低患有糖尿病鼠類的血糖值。另外一個研究則顯示康福茶能預防糖尿病。

八、腎毒

康福茶也可能有助解除源自環境汙染的腎臟病，也可能有助改善於腎功能不完全，也有助於預防腎臟鈣化與預防腎結石。

九、痛風

痛風可能來自於一個人長期吃太好，太過營養。因為康福茶能平衡腸道，刺激代謝，有助於治療痛風，不喝果汁，改喝康福茶有助於減輕痛風的徵狀。

十、降低膽固醇

我們都知道高血脂(過多膽固醇)與高血壓，最終導致心血管疾病，北美洲第一號殺手，飲用康福茶被發現能降低血中膽固醇濃度。

十一、高血壓的對治

康福茶有助於預防高血壓引起的頭痛與頭暈，也推薦用來治療高血壓.

十二、貧血

康福茶的有機酸從植物來源的三價鐵離子轉化為二價鐵離子。這讓植物來源的鐵更容易於被人體吸收。康普茶中的維他命C能促進鐵的吸收。研究人員特別推薦康福茶給老年人與素食者，因為能促進鐵的吸收，有助防止缺鐵現象。

十三、肝臟健康

肝臟是人體主要的解毒器官之一。康福茶含有大量的葡萄糖酸，對肝臟有益，有助天然解毒的過程。 由於康福茶也支援健康的腸道細菌與消化，有助於身體更容易同化食物，並提供快速簡單的能量，不帶咖啡因。

十四、神經系統

康福茶含有幾種氨基酸，甲基黃嘌呤生物鹼（咖啡因，茶鹼和可可鹼），抗壞血酸（維他命C）與維他命B群（包括葉酸B9），是維持神經系統正常代謝所必需的。有助緩解頭痛，緊張與預防癲癇。也可以防止老年人的憂鬱症。 

十五、氣喘

據作者Harald Tietze介紹，一位名為A. Wiesner的醫生照護氣喘病患者，注意到康福茶輔助治療時，病情有很大的改善。

十六、關節問題

康福茶以多種方式，有助治療、修復、以及預防關節損傷。康福茶含有葡萄糖胺，能增加滑膜玻尿酸的產量。支持膠原蛋白的保存並預防關節疼痛。同樣的方式，也支持全身關節的膠原蛋白，減少皺紋的產生。

十七、預防癌症

康福茶也被證明有利於癌症的預防與復原。 在一份期刊Cancer Letters所發表的研究發現，攝取康福茶中所含的葡萄糖酸，能降低罹癌風險。

據報導，前美國總統雷根每日喝康福茶，作為緩解胃癌的飲食一部分。

 十八、抗生素之抗藥性感染

康福茶含有強大的抗菌性，能對抗諸多感染疾病像是白喉，猩紅熱，流行性感冒，傷寒，副傷寒和痢疾等傳染病。它全部酸度的濃度，讓它能有效對抗幽門螺旋桿菌，沙門氏菌，金黃色葡萄球菌，和蠟樣芽胞桿菌。有人認為，康福茶可以是合成抗菌劑的有效替代品，這類合成抗菌藥劑越來越無效。

自家調理的康福茶配方

1加侖

配料：
1有機kombucha SCOBY(特殊的酵母、糖、茶葉共同釀造，產出一種共生菌的古老配方，稱為SCOBY)

16杯水

8-10個紅茶袋（必須含咖啡因）

1杯粗糖 (也有叫咖啡糖、黑糖、 raw sugar的意思)

1加侖的玻璃瓶

1塊布或紙巾封住罐子的頂部

1橡皮筋

使用方法：用高溫在鍋中加熱八杯水。添加茶袋，懸掛約半小時。一旦浸泡，不斷攪拌直到完全溶解。在水中混合，將鍋子從爐子移走。

18 Reasons Why Kombucha Is Known As “Immortal Health Elixir”

By jeery park

Posted Friday, April 10, 2015 at 01:15pm EDT

Kombucha isn’t a new creation, though. It boasts a 2,000-year history as a renowned arthritis soother, cancer fighter, and immune booster—the ancient Chinese even called it “the Immortal Health Elixir.”

Health benefits of Kombucha tea are many ranging from facilitating detoxification, reducing arthritis pain, lowering cholesterol, restoring bowel movements, relief from gastric ulcers and various digestive troubles. Antioxidant-rich kombucha possess anti-microbial properties and assists in curing various medical conditions such as cancer and diabetes and contributes productively in maintaining cellular health and strong immune defense of the body.

18 Health Benefits of kombucha Elixir

1. Natural Detoxifier

Kombucha has probiotics and enzymes that promote detoxification. One of the main jobs of the good bacteria in your gut is to detoxify. By adding more beneficial bacteria to your gut, you’re getting the job done faster.

Kombucha promotes detoxification. Regular consumption of kombucha tea also supports liver function.

2. Antioxidants

Kombucha contains abundant antioxidants including vitamins E, C, beta-carotene, and other carotenoids. Like black tea, kombucha also contains polyphenols and other compounds with antioxidant powers. But because it is fermented, kombucha is much more powerful than plain tea. Its antioxidant activity has been found to be 100 times higher than vitamin C and 25 times higher than vitamin E.

3. Energy

Kombucha sets iron free from black tea. That helps increase levels of blood hemoglobin, and improves oxygen flow to tissues. It also improves the body’s absorption of other non-heme (plant-derived) iron.

4. Immunity

Kombucha is naturally high in antioxidants and supportive of the immune system. Again, there is no magic pill or silver bullet when it comes to immune function- it is best to support the body in its natural immune process.

5. Constipation

Constipation is often chronic and caused by eating the wrong foods or getting insufficient exercise. Much like diarrhea, constipation has reportedly been cleared up quickly by kombucha tea. Perhaps that’s because drinking kombucha tea helps to restore intestinal flora.

6. Obesity

Kombucha helps balance the metabolism. Animal studies show the tea may cause weight loss by encouraging calorie restriction.

7. Diabetes
Research dating back to 1929 found kombucha can decrease blood sugar levels. More recent animal studies report that kombucha significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetic rats.Another study suggested kombucha may be considered a candidate for the treatment and prevention of diabetes.

8. Kidney Toxicity
Kombucha may help eliminate kidney damage caused by environmental pollutants and may be beneficial to patients suffering from renal impairment.Kombucha has also been used to prevent calcification in the kidney and may prevent the formation of kidney stones.

9. Gout
Gout can result when a person eats too much rich food over many years. Because kombucha tea balances the intestinal flora and stimulates metabolism, drinking the tea could be a helpful remedy for gout. Juice fasting that incorporates kombucha tea could also help alleviate gou

10. Cholesterol levels, high
We all know that high blood lipid levels (excessive cholesterol) and hypertension (high blood pressure) ultimately lead to cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in North America. Drinking kombucha tea has been found to decrease blood cholesterol levels.

11. Hypertension
Kombucha has been used to prevent headaches and dizziness caused by hypertension. It’s been recommended for treating high blood pressure. 

12. Anemia
Organic acids found in kombucha convert trivalent iron compounds from plant sources to divalent iron ions. This makes iron from plant sources more available to the body. And vitamin C in kombucha enhances iron absorption. Researchers suggest kombucha is particularly recommended for elderly people and vegetarians because it enhances the absorption of iron and helps prevent iron deficiency.

13. Liver Health
The liver is one of the body’s main detoxification organs. Kombucha is high in Glucaric acid, which is beneficial to the liver and aids its natural detoxification.As Kombucha also supports healthy gut bacteria and digestion, it helps the body assimilate food more easily and provides quick and easy energy without caffeine.

14. Nervous System

Kombucha contains several amino acids, methylxanthine alkaloids (caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and B vitamins (including folic acid-B9), necessary for normal metabolism in the nervous system. It can help with headaches, nervousness, and epilepsy prevention. It may also prevent depression in the elderly.

15. Asthma
According to author Harald Tietze, asthma patients under the care of a physician named A. Wiesner noticed considerable improvement in their condition while on kombucha therapy.

16. Joint Problems

Kombucha can help heal, repair and prevent joint damage in a number of ways. Kombucha is loaded with glucosamines, which increase synovial hyaluronic acid production. This supports the preservation of collagen and prevents arthritic pain. In the same way it supports joint collagen it can also support collagen of the entire body and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

17. Cancer Prevention

Kombucha has also been proven beneficial for cancer prevention and recovery. A study published in Cancer Letters found that by consuming glucaric acid found in kombucha reduced the risk of cancer in humans.
President Reagan reportedly drank kombucha daily as part of his regimen to battle stomach cancer.

18. Antibiotic Resistant Infections
Kombucha contains strong antibacterials to combat infectious diseases such as diptheria, scarlet fever, influenza, typhoid, paratyphoid fever, and dysentery.Its high total acidity makes it effective against Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus. It’s been suggested that kombucha may be an effective alternative to synthetic antimicrobials that are becoming increasingly ineffective.

Homemade Kombucha Recipe
Makes 1 gallon
Ingredients:
1 organic kombucha SCOBY

16 cups of water

8-10 black tea bags (must be caffeinated)

1 cup turbinado sugar

1 gallon glass jar

1 piece of fabric or paper towel to seal the top of the jar
1 rubber band
Directions: Heat eight cups of water in a large pot over high heat. Add the tea bags and let them steep for a half hour. Once steeped, stir in the turbinado until it is completely dissolved. Mix in the remaining water and remove the pot from the stove.

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