by JL Fields, Editor @ Stop Chasing Skinny on March 23, 2013
Today, a community post from Erica DeSimone who blogs at Cult of Kale. You can follow Erica on Facebook and Twitter.
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Yesterday, I bought a bottle of kombucha with Chia Seeds. When I purchased it, I didn’t know a thing about kombucha or the possible benefits of drinking it. I was just drawn to the strange looking drink. I opened the lid to take a whiff and almost instantly capped it and stuck it in the fridge.
A few hours later curiosity over came me and I pulled it out to take a sip. The taste was different, but not unbearable. The texture with the chia seeds caught me off guard. I was unsure if they should be chewed or swallowed whole so I attempted an awkward chew/swallow combination. The drink went back into the fridge right away.
Then again after a few hours passed I found myself drawn back towards the fridge. I managed to drink half of it this time before putting it away, settling on swallowing the seeds whole.
I decided to set aside time to look up the benefits of kombucha, which came with a lot of bickering about the true facts of kombucha and while some claim it has been untested a simple Google search yields numerous lab tests that have shown kombucha may be beneficial, including
this one about repairing damage caused by environmental pollutants.