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It’s complicated, yet simultaneously simple, and notoriously difficult for most people. Kombucha alone is no different than the OP re red cabbage (it’s a Band Aid).

At its worst, my health decline summed up over 60 individual symptoms. I’m an expert diagnostician (I see solutions to problems of all types) and turned my skills inward. Very quickly I realized something was wrong with my gut and after some in-depth self-education found that a good place to start.

I had no idea how big a deal it was, nor the severity of my collective health (between nutritional deficiency and severe endocrine malfunction, I was dying and didn’t know it). Frankly, I was naive & stupid to have undertaken my actions without guidance of a Naturopath because I could have caused organ failure or cardiac arrest. That’s how severe my gut was at the time.

In my case, I had a parasite (candida). A full year later - after multiple failed attempts - the infestation was gone, but it took more than another year of clean eating to permit my gut to heal.

250k words later and 4 volumes of book drafts later (one volume is literally entirely about the gut), I’m still not sure about publishing due to results of a year’s worth of outreach/research; a rewrite of the primary volume is in order, but I’m not retired so the project has languished.

If you don’t have any parasites, the first consideration is when you last had a round of antibiotics, because that was likely the proximate cause of your current status.

Get tested for parasites, consult with a Naturopath, cease eating absolutely any packaged/processed foods whatsoever (including drinks), engage a prebiotic dietary intake regimen which changes up every few weeks, take quality probiotics no more often than a couple times a week and plan on investing more than a year to get your gut in line.

Fair warning: If you’ve had multiple rounds of probiotics in prior years, it is likely that you also have a parasite such as Candida and you can be tested. It is of paramount importance to eradicate fungi FIRST before addressing gram-negative pathogens.

It’s impossible to be of more assistance without doctor level in-depth consultations, hence the Naturopath advice.

The only book I can recommend at this time for gut health is Eat Dirt by Josh Axe. It’s a guide, not a solution.

I do wish you success in your endeavors; the alternative is leaving one foot in the grave. I hope what I’ve offered was at least a little help.

Footnote: It’s a tragic irony to have become an expert in a field heretofore mostly ignored by ‘M&M’ (my euphemism for ‘modern medicine’) and, to the best of my knowledge, have only assisted 3 people in recovering their health (myself included).

Fair warning to all reading this: If you are currently healthy and find yourself in need of an antibiotic regimen for any reason whatsoever, immediately consult with a Naturopath (perform diligent research) re what you need to do to recover your microbiome IMMEDIATELY upon cessation of the antibiotics (and plan on it taking many weeks/months).