Alicia Silverstone Christina Pirello On Yeast Consumption And Health
Written by Vegetarian Star on April 19th, 2010 in Actresses, Authors, Chefs, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
Alicia Silverstone recently discussed the idea of whether consuming yeast is healthy on her website, The Kind Life.
Yeast is full of B vitamins, something vegetarians may be missing if not supplemented, but are the tiny microorganisms a good way of getting them?
Silverstone called upon her good buddy, vegetarian chef and cookbook author, Christina Pirello, for some advice.
“Nutritional yeast is super yum and has a cheesy taste,” Silverstone wrote. “Lots of vegans get excited about it because they feel it is a good source of b-12, but superheroes and the macro community feel like it’s a bad guy, so I avoid it.?”
Pirello said that some might want to avoid yeast if they experience digestive issues, because it’s believed to inhibit digestion when it expands in the digestive tract.
Think of rising bread rising in your stomach, making a big, bloated ball out of you.
“That said, there is nothing wrong with yeast if you are healthy and strong and well… no reason not to use it,” Pirello says. “I use it in small amounts in some of the breads I bake to create lightness… usually in combination with a sourdough starter so I get the best of both worlds… the fermented benefit of sourdough but the lightness of yeast, plus sourdough allows me to use less yeast. But in truth, there is no problem with yeast if your health and digestion is strong.?”
Yeast and yeast containing foods should also be avoided if trying to overcome a systemic yeast (Candida) infection.
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