Drinking Kombucha is able to assist you lose fat without altering your diet.
According to a recent study, the microbes in the fermented beverage bring about changes to fat metabolism in the intestines in a similar manner to the impacts of fasting.
Kombucha is a sweetened, fermented tea drink that has gained popularity recently, partly due to its purported health benefits.
It can aid in reducing blood pressure, guarding against cancer and shielding against metabolic illness and liver toxins.
The renowned fizzy tea has become a favorite among celebrities like Madonna, Halle Berry, Lindsay Lohan, and Gwyneth Paltrow due to the alleged extraordinary health advantages.
These advantages are thought to arise from the drink’s probiotic microbes and their impacts on metabolism, although the associated health assertions have not been thoroughly examined in humans.
A new study has found that, after consuming Kombucha, the yeast and bacteria inhabit the intestines and generate metabolic changes similar to those occurring during fasting.
The researchers also observed that the microbes in Kombucha modify the expression of genes involved in fat metabolism, leading to more proteins that break down fats and fewer proteins that build a type of fat molecule known as triglycerides.
Together, these changes can decrease fat reserves without any alteration in food intake or physical activity.
The team from the University of North Carolina obtained their results by introducing the microbes present in Kombucha to a worm.
They mention that their results provide insights into how probiotics in kombucha tea reshape metabolism in a model worm species, and offer clues to how these microbes may be affecting human metabolism.
Dr Robert Dowen from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stated: ‘We were surprised to discover that animals consuming a diet consisting of the probiotic microbes found in Kombucha Tea displayed reduced fat accumulation, lower triglyceride levels, and smaller lipid droplets –- an organelle that stores the cell’s lipids – when compared to other diets.
‘These findings suggest that the microbes in Kombucha Tea prompt a “fasting-like” state in the host even when there are sufficient nutrients.’
The study is published in the journal PLoS Genetics.
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