Are you reacting to yeast in your diet?
A reaction to yeast is a common food intolerance, it can affect the sufferer
in a variety of different ways. However, did you know that it could be a combination
of foods that are affecting you? YorkTest has a food intolerance programme that
can help you to identify which foods you are reacting to.
YorkTest Laboratories is Europe’s leading provider of food intolerance programmes
with over 30 years’ experience, and is recommended by leading medical charity
Allergy UK.
Call Now on 0800 074 6185 to speak to one of our knowledgeable and friendly food intolerance specialists.
Or Click Here to find out more about YorkTest’s First Step Food Intolerance Test.
What is yeast?
We know that bakers use it to make the dough 'rise'; without it, our bread would
be flat and hard. In the days when people made their own bread, they would go
to a brewer and get a jug of brewer's yeast. It was fluid and yellow. Nowadays,
yeast is made commercially on a large scale. The yeast you buy at the supermarket,
the yellow lumps done up in paper, has been compressed for convenient handling.
Yeast is a living fungus that is capable of reproducing itself. A piece of yeast
consists of minute plant like cells; you can feed it with a solution of sugar
to make it grow, or it can be 'killed' by 'starvation' or heat. The primary function
of yeast is to supply carbon dioxide gas which inflates the bread dough during
the early stages of baking.
Yeast can be found in many foods stuffs such as bread, Marmite, vinegar, alcohol,
ginger beer, stock cubes, antibiotics and vitamin B supplements. Yeast can be
hidden on food labels under the name of hydrolysed protein, hydrolysed vegetable
protein and leavening. If you have yeast food intolerance then you may also be
intolerant to fungi-containing foods such as cheese, mushrooms, peanuts and malt.
Do you think you may be reacting to foods?
YorkTest's First Step test is a pre-screen which identifies whether food-Specific
IgG antibody reactions are detected or not. If food-specific IgG antibodies are
detected then you can choose to embark on the more comprehensive Second Step FoodScan
113 programme. Included in the FoodScan 113 programme are two consultations with
a qualified Nutritional Therapist who will help you look at how to manage any
potential food intolerances.
Need further information?
Please call our specialists on 0800 074 6185 who will be happy to provide you
with free, confidential expert advice and guidance on the First Step test. Alternatively
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