health risks of nutritional yeast

[sptygl]

does anyone know the benefits and risks of eating too much risks??

i have been using it on almost everything (as a parmesan cheese, etc....)
and i love the taste.........

a friend mentioned, too much may not be so good for us.

please share any additional information you may have
thanks,
concerned :(

[luckitri]

Never heard of any risks. It has alot of B vitamin (but not all of them) and is a complete protein and scientists have never been able to decide if it is a plant or an animal. I believe everything in moderation but maybe try some other foods that have components of yeast in them (like the B's or protein) and see if you crave those also - like an experiment to see what it is in the yeast exactly that you are craving.

[Ginger]

One side effect is that if you eat alot.. um.. your pee gets very very yellow lol.

[sptygl]

just checking.........
eating a lot with my 'pastas' and sauce bc it is so yummy as a parm cheese.
and i love the recipe posted for cheese doodles!! :)
been eating a lot!! :)

even eating it right now for breakfast!! :)
'pasta' with sauce and yum parm cheese!!!

[dreamrawalwz]

Can only think that if you're allergic to yeast and or have candiasis (spelling?) that it would have a negative affect. Is it completley raw?

[Veganforlife]

I e-mailed Jinjee and she says no, it is NOT raw.

[Sharon in Colorado]

I've looked up the processes and it is a cooked product.

[juliebove]

It's not raw but is considered live. It's a bi-product of making molasses. If your friend has concerns about it you should ask him/her what those concerns are. I have heard none. The makers of it say it does not cause/affect candida.

[dreamrawalwz]

I've looked up the processes and it is a cooked product.

Yup, that's why people tend to crave it and "eat a lot" of it.

[Veganforlife]

Raised On Molasses

Nutritional yeast is grown on mineral enriched molasses and used as a food supplement. At the end of the growth period, the culture is pasteurized to kill the yeast. You never want to use a live yeast (i.e. baking yeast) as a food supplement because the live yeast continues to grow in the intestine and actually uses up the vitamin B in the body instead of replenishing the supply. (Brewer's yeast is nutritionally the same but as a by-product of the beer-brewing industry it has a characteristic bitter hops flavor.)

[jaurequi]

This comes up quite a bit.

Sptgyl, your question was about the health risks of nutritional yeast. Here (http://www.vegsource.com/jo/qa/qanyeast.htm) is your answer.

Best,

[sptygl]

ok, and apparently i HAD got the WRONG kind of yeast..
PHEWWWWWWWW
i will get rid of that, it was the bakers yeast -- active dry yeast!!
i guess that is the BAD kind......... oops

glad i asked, and thanks so much for all the response

:)

[luckitri]

OMG! Are you having severe bloating? I don't know if I should LOL here or not! This stuff was still alive in the pyramids after thousands of years! Does anyone know what that will do to sptygl?

[Narz]

I feed nutritional yeast to my cats all the time.

[chi-iris-73]

The raw chef I work with makes a lovely

RAWmezane with it!! (parmezane-cheese)

it's really nice!!!!!....

too much of everything is never good.

[sptygl]

OMG! Are you having severe bloating? I don't know if I should LOL here or not! This stuff was still alive in the pyramids after thousands of years! Does anyone know what that will do to sptygl?


well, i had to go out and buy a YOGURT FOR 5 BUCKS TO COUNTERACT THE PROBLEM OF EATING (NON-NUTRIONAL) YEAST........ :mad:
i was actually using bakers, dry active yeast for LIKE EVERYTHING!!! i loved the taste, the cheesy taste it gave things........
UNTIL I found out --
the active dry yeast is not at all good.......... and i did not know the difference!!!
it's nutritional yeast or brewers yeast which is very good for you, only found at places like whole foods

wow------- so i go to 3 stores to find it, and then to whole foods...
the guy said i have to as a precaution take acydophillis -- each little mini (basically yogurt) cost 5 bucks!

so, lesson learned........... :eek:

[Sharon in Colorado]

it's nutritional yeast or brewers yeast which is very good for you, only found at places like whole foods



Warning sptygl, Brewer's Yeast is a by-product of the beer industry, and it tastes really bad (to most people). It has a dark brown color and strong smell.

Nutritional yeast is the pleasant, cheesy tasting stuff. It has a golden yellow color and smells nice. We usually use the Kal brand, but Red Star makes a good one too.

[sptygl]

Warning sptygl, Brewer's Yeast is a by-product of the beer industry, and it tastes really bad (ot most people). It has a dark brown color and strong smell.

Nutritional yeast is the pleasant, cheesy tasting stuff. It has a golden yellow color and smells nice. We usually use the Kal brand, but Red Star makes a good one too.

that was what i was looking for, the 'cheesy' tasting.........
i ended up buying the nutritional yeast by KAL

thanks....... :D

[luckitri]

I know that $5 acidopholus stuff. I bought it when I first started raw for the probiotics. I wasted the last of it after I read about milk on this site. I have always loved buttermilk. Wish there was something raw that tasted like it. Hope all goes well with your recovery from yeast! Hope you don't get a yeast infection! I'm laughing but I don't know....could it happen?