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Interview with John Leith, creator of Hemp Oz Kombucha   Tell us About Finding Out You Had Type 2 Diabetes? When I first learned I had Type 2 Diabetes, I was utterly devastated! It was a major turning point in my life. I desperately wanted to get my life back, so I followed the doctor’s orders, took medication, but I felt awful.  So, when the doctor suggested an alternative treatment – combining the superfood Hemp and the trendy fermented tea drink, Kombucha – I put aside my own scepticism and decided to try it. I made my own hemp kombucha...

Kombucha is the uber-trendy drink everyone’s been drinking, ditching the sugar-laden soft drinks. Hemp is the hottest new superfood trend for 2019. Add them together and you have a next level health tonic your body will love.  What is Hemp Kombucha? Kombucha is a crisp-tasting, sparkling fermented tea drink, made by adding a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) to a solution of sugar and tea. During the fermentation, the bacteria and yeast on the SCOBY feed on the tea and sugar, converting the sweet tea to a probiotic, tart-flavoured tonic with zero sugar. In addition to its famed...

Why do we call Hemp OZ Hemp Kombucha the ‘Next Level Health Drink’? For anyone wanting to quit sugar, boost their immunity and improve their gut health, Hemp OZ Hemp Kombucha ticks all three boxes and much more. To put it simply, it’s the next level health drink. So, what gives this super-drink it’s remarkable properties?  Is it the Hemp, the Kombucha, or both?  Well, let’s look at what the evidence says about why this delicious beverage is such a health-boosting powerhouse. Hemp Hemp (seed and oil) is a superfood extracted from the Cannabis Sativa plant with surprising nutritional and...

Australia’s fight against obesity has been going on for decades. With 63% of the population obese or overweight, Australia’s tipping scale has been a huge worry for doctors. But earlier this year the Australian Beverages Council Limited (ABCL) made a pledge that could change the battle.  Like in a lot of countries around the world, sugary drinks are one of the scourges of obesity. If Australia refuses to input a proper sugar tax, the ABCL has united to reduce sugar by 20 percent in the non-alcoholic beverage industry by 2025. This sugar reduction will apply across all categories of non-alcoholic...

A year ago, Kombucha was only familiar to Australian health addicts; today Kombucha is everywhere: on the shelves of big stores, trendy bars, little cafés, or on your colleagues’ desk! Kombucha, or booch for the initiated is a fermented drink made from green or black tea with a mix of bacteria and yeast called SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), water and organic sugar. The drink is fizzy, rich in botanical flavour and low sugar. A perfect treat for grown ups! Impossible to miss the trend, but if you’ve failed to hit the booch, here are some good reasons...