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cancer prevention, fermented food and drink, health benefits, science - June 13, 2016

Scientists say probiotics and green tea could help to lower cancer risk

Jaw-dropping science facts part 5 One in three of us will suffer from cancer in our lifetimes, and despite the basic advice: (eat less meat, get your five-a-day, don't smoke, etc), there's really nothing we can do to eliminate the risk entirely. Or is there? An article in the Telegraph caught our eye recently when it listed fermented probiotic food and drinks as a scientifically proven way to avoid the disease. In a fascinating feature called 'Eight proven ways to prevent cancer', author Anna Magee writes: "It has been long known that cancers are caused by a combination of our genes, diet and lifestyle. However, as we gradually...

Delicious kombucha cocktail ideas to celebrate our bar @ Taste of London!

Equinox Kombucha is hosting an alcoholic kombucha cocktail bar at this year’s Taste of London event, June 15-19 in Regent's Park. Classic cocktails will be re-invented and mixed with one Equinox’s four funky flavours for a brand new taste sensation. To celebrate these exciting times, we're sharing our original and delicious recipes with all you lucky readers! There will be five kick-ass cocktails on the menu, and we invite kombucha fans and first-timers to stand L1 during the event to sample them. If you can get there, don't miss out! If you can't, why not try making them at home? Kombucha...

Equinox kombucha featured in fermented food and drink article!

Thanks to Elizabeth at Food Ingredients First for her great feature highlighting the incredible rise of fermented food and drinks, which Equinox was delighted to be mentioned in. 'The health benefits of fermented foods are being reported on increasingly, with western consumers widely opening up to new concepts. Consumption of fermented foods can be traced back thousands of years, if not longer, but it seems in 2016, buoyed by new product developments and consumers’ heightened awareness of the negative perceptions of processed foods, fermented foods are to establish themselves as a major food trend.' You can read the full article...

Scientists say antioxidants found in kombucha can help alleviate diabetes!

Jaw-dropping science facts everyone should know about kombucha, part 4 Indian scientists have discovered that diabetes sufferers would benefit from a kombucha habit, with the antioxidants in the drink proven to suppress organ dysfunction and restore alterations in tissue machinery caused by the condition. Both black tea and kombucha were tested in a 2013 study led by Semantee Bhattacharya from the Department of Life Sciences & Biotechnology in Kolkata. The team found that while both drinks worked very well at combatting the causes of diabetes, kombucha was significantly more efficient than black tea (because the fermentation process produces a higher number of...

Scientists say probiotics found in kombucha can maintain healthy blood pressure levels!

Jaw-dropping science facts everyone should know about kombucha, part 3 Scientists at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, have found that regular consumption of probiotics found in fermented food and drinks like kombucha can reduce high blood pressure and help stabilise it at a healthy level. When probiotics were taken for more than eight weeks, Jin Sun Ph.D and her team found a wide range of positive changes happening in the body as a result."We believe probiotics might help lower blood pressure by having other positive effects on health,” Sun said. “These include improving total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol; reducing...

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Scientists say probiotics and green tea could help to lower cancer risk

Delicious kombucha cocktail ideas to celebrate our bar @ Taste of London!

Equinox kombucha featured in fermented food and drink article!

Scientists say antioxidants found in kombucha can help alleviate diabetes!

Scientists say probiotics found in kombucha can maintain healthy blood pressure levels!

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