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You may have heard your friends talk about it, or seen it sold at your favorite lunch place, but what is Kombucha? Simply, Kombucha is a slightly bubbly, sweetened black or green tea that is produced by fermenting the tea with what is called a SCOBY (a “symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast”). Sometimes the tea also has added flavors like fruit juice.
As we age our body composition changes, we lose muscle mass and our body fat percentage increases – even though we may weigh the same we don't look or feel the same due to changes in our body composition.
While there is no magic food that can cure depression or put an automatic smile on your face, there are a number of foods that can’t hurt. With more and more research on the topic each week, we are just starting to learn how to modulate our mood with nutrition.
