Yeasts live close to us, they surround people daily and everywhere. These are unicellular fungi, the appearance of which on the planet Earth recorded many millions of years ago. These microorganisms exert alcohol effect, thereby causing fermentation of sugars, are actively used in brewing, bakery, dairy industry. As the centuries-old experience of using brewer's yeast shows, they are the richest natural vitamin complex, a real gift of nature.
So, brewer's yeast is good and bad, and in general, what is it?
The etymological origin of the word "yeast" refers to the words "tremble" and "trembling", describing the process of foaming the liquid, which is often accompanied by fermentation under the influence of yeast. Yeasts are the oldest "pets". Many millenniums people used them for baking and fermentation. As studies by archaeologists show, for the first time beer was made by ancient Egyptians for 6000 years before our era, and already closer to 1200 BC. They invented the technology of baking yeast bread.
Yeasts live in the air, in flower nectar, on leaves, fruits and berries, surrounding the person everywhere. If you leave a weak sugar solution for a few days in an open dish, you will soon notice how a foam appears on the surface of the liquid, which will exude the aroma of alcohol.
Brewer's yeast: benefits and harm, composition
Brewer's yeast (from the Latin faex medicinalis) is saturated with vitamins of group B: thiamine - B1, riboflavin - B2, pyridoxine - B6; Contain acids: PP - nicotinic acid, folic acid , pantothenic, inositol, H - biotin, inositol, tocopherol - E, ergosterol - provitamin D2; Are characterized by a high content of carbohydrates and proteins. Liquid beer yeast, the composition of which we have just presented to the reader, improve the secretion of pancreatic and gastric glands, increase the resistance of the organism in fighting infections, increase the absorption of nutrients in the intestines. Brewer's yeast is prescribed for diabetes, furunculosis, ulcers, neuralgia, anemia, with various metabolic diseases, with the urgent need to increase the protein content in the daily diet. In its fresh form, it is a rather unstable product whose decomposition at usual room temperature begins already for several hours, if the temperature is 30 degrees - after 20-35 minutes. Brewer's yeast is also produced in dry tablets.
Brewer's yeast: good and bad
They contain a huge amount of substances useful to the human body: carbohydrate glycogen; Polysaccharides; Phosphorus compound - volutein (a complex of polyphosphates and ribonucleic acid), lipids and fats. The yeast protein contains all the necessary amino acids, and in its content it is similar to the animal protein, sometimes even surpassing it for some reasons. Brewer's yeast, the benefits and harms of which are discussed in this article, have a high caloric value, which exceeds the calorie content of meat by almost 3 times.
Brewer's yeast. Contraindications to use
Not all people benefit from this precious vitamin complex. Before you start taking yeast in your daily diet, it is worth consulting with your doctor. In some groups of people there is a special natural biological intolerance of the components of this natural preparation. People who suffer from gluten, certain kidney and gout, urticaria and skin pruritus can have natural biological intolerance to the natural components of the product.