Hello. I'm Kev. I'm 46¾, with a partner who won't marry me, a daughter who finds me embarrassing, two cats, two guinea pigs and a kombucha shop in Otley. I'm not a doctor, a biohacker or an influencer. Just a normal bloke trying to look after my gut while social media tells me to rub butter in my eyes to see better.
This is my diary: what I've written, what I've been drinking, and the week's gut science, minus the hype. It lands in inboxes every Saturday at 11am. Want it? Sign up in the footer.
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Issue 1. In which I start a newsletter, against medical advice. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Here's the deal: every Saturday at 11am, this lands in your inbox. What I've written, what I've been drinking, and the gut science, minus the hype. Put the kettle on. Or the kombucha. I'm not your mum. | ||
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New on the website · kombuchaclub.co.uk journal | ||
Kombucha benefits: what it actually does (and what it doesn't) You've seen kombucha in the hand of someone doing cartwheels in a meadow on Instagram. There's usually a butterfly. I'll be straight with you: if you can't do a cartwheel, kombucha won't fix that. This is what the science really says, including the Stanford study and the tiny-but-interesting Georgetown trial, plus the bits the internet makes up. Spoiler: it's a drink, not a miracle.
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New on the website · alcoholfreedrinksclub.com journal | ||
Athletic Noble Pils review: the non-alcoholic pilsner we put on tap It's floral, crisp and an actual pilsner, not "pilsner-flavoured". A word of warning, though: Athletic is the official beer of people who swapped hangovers for five-hour runs. Drink enough of it and you might wake up wanting to jog. I take no responsibility.
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Read by me so you don't have to. Fact-checked so I don't get sued. Our ancestors' gut bugs are going extinct (in us) Stanford and UC Santa Barbara compared the gut microbes of the Hadza in Tanzania and the Tsimané in Bolivia. They live an ocean apart, yet they share 1,231 bacterial species. Around 60% of those are rare or missing in people living industrialised lives. Whether that's behind modern diseases is, in the researchers' words, "still unresolved". It's still a good argument for eating more plants and fewer things in wrappers. (Nature, 7 Oct) Sugar and antibiotics: a bad double act NYU Langone followed 173 hospital patients and logged more than 9,000 meals. More sugar around a course of antibiotics was linked to more loss of gut bacteria diversity, and to a troublemaker called Enterococcus moving in. It's an association in a very specific group of patients, not proof. Still, next time you're on antibiotics, maybe go easy on the biscuit tin. (Nature, via ScienceDaily, 7 Oct) Gut to heart: one to watch Georgia State found that in mice with long-term gut inflammation, changes in their gut bacteria contributed to their hearts enlarging. It's early mouse work, but it's another sign your gut doesn't keep its problems to itself. (Circulation Research, 8 Oct) And one about kombucha (in mice) University of Minnesota mice given kombucha for seven weeks showed fewer anxiety-type behaviours, and their gut bacteria shifted. Before anyone's influencer cousin puts that on a T-shirt: they're mice, and the lead researcher calls it "preliminary". (Food Bioscience, 15 Oct) Mix any 6 drinks for 5% off, 12 for 10% and 24 for 15%. No codes, and no countdown clock shouting at you. | ||
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Until next Saturday, Kombucha Kev P.S. Noble Pils and two kombuchas are on draught at 7 Manor Square, Otley. Bring a bottle and fill it up to take home. The cats are not available for comment. |
