Mo'iety
Kava Enthusiast
So I came across this case report, which seems to suggest that traditional noble kava consumed in Samoa was linked to acute hepatitis in a 42-year-old healthy male. This one is interesting, since as far as I've found at least, it's the only case report where the "kava" is actually traditional noble[1] kava beverage, and not some extract or kava product with unknown quality control. Obviously this is one case out of many millions of kava beverages consumed, so if the kava is actually to blame here, this is an incredibly, incredibly rare occurrence. But still I wonder what's going on here. Might this suggest that there may indeed be some rare genetic immunologic, enzymatic, or other physiological idiosyncrasy that may render certain individuals susceptible to toxic reactions to kava?
[1] IIRC, Samoa does not cultivate any tudei cultivars.
[1] IIRC, Samoa does not cultivate any tudei cultivars.