rlg@desktalk.com on thu 18 sep 97
I lifted this portion of an article from a Kombucha web page URL:
http://www.sease.com/kombucha/index.html
See the "Articles and Links about Kombucha" link. Besides the obvious
interest
people may have in the health benefits of drinking tea made from Kombucha,
there
is another subtle point here that the potters among us will appreciate...
This is from the article by James Roche
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"Research teams focused on Ssolikamsk and Beresniki districts in an attempt
to
understand the unusually low incidence of cancerous disease in the population
despite the surrounding environment. Living conditions, sleeping, eating and
drinking patterns were investigated. Ethnic differences were taken note of
together with genetic origins of all the inhabitants. Age was also considered
and despite the thorough analysis of numerous factors, the research teams
lead by
Dr. Molodyev and Dr. Grigoriev were unable to discern any appreciable
differences
to other districts in the USSR that displayed a higher cancer rate which was
closer to the national average.
The mystery finally unfolded one day when Dr. Molodyev visited a local
household
to make more detailed inspections. On questioning the housewife about what
they
eat and drink, he was introduced to some stoneware jars as being the source
of
their 'Tea Kwass' - a very popular drink throughout the district and one that
every household enjoys. She uncovered the jars to reveal a large fungus
floating
on top of some liquid. To the locals, this was 'Tea Kwass'. On questioning
where
she had obtained the fungus from, the woman said that travellers had
brought it
with them from China many centuries ago. It was thought that the Chinese had
originally obtained it from the Japanese.
To further substantiate the possibility that there may be some connection
between
drinking 'Tea Kwass' and a very low cancer rate, Dr. Grigoriev in Beresniki
also
found that every household in the region possessed the fungus and drank large
quantities of the ferment each day."
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Things that make you say "Hmmm."
Richard
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