Brewer's Yeast and Wheatgerm Give Your Shakes and Bars an Added Punch - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Peg · 19-07-2006, 04:29 PM

Brewer's Yeast and Wheatgerm are a great source of all around nutrition for your body. In the USA they are inexpensive.

Nutritional Yeast

Yeast Meets West
Yeast is considered by many to be the most valuable supplement available. It is a complete protein and contains more protein than meat. Yeast is an excellent source of B-vitamins including B12 and it contains the glucose tolerance factor that helps in the regulation of blood sugar. It is a single-celled fungi present in the air around us and on fruits and grains - it converts various types of sugar to alcohol. The earliest recorded use was in 1550 BC in Egypt. But it is only during the last few decades that the outstanding health benefits of nutritional yeast have been researched.
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.)
It's Good For Ya'
Nutritional yeast contains 18 amino acids (forming the complete protein) and 15 minerals. Being rich in the B-complex vitamins, it is vital in many ways and particularly good for stress reduction. The B-complex vitamins help make nutritional yeast such a valuable supplement, especially to the vegetarian. It is one of the rare vegetarian sources of B12.
One element of yeast is the trace mineral chromium, also known as the Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF). This is necessary to regulate blood sugar and is important for diabetics and people with a tendency toward low blood sugar.

So How Do You Use This Wonder Food?
The answer is that it is as versatile as it is beneficial.

condiment sprinkled on rice, vegetables, popcorn
1/2 tsp per 1 C liquid to gravies and sauces
1 TBSP per 2C mixture to vegetable, bean and grain burgers
1 tsp with 1C of flour or meal for pancakes or baked goods
Make a yeast "cheese" to adorn a pizza or lasagna

source: Yeast Meets West

Here are some sources for wheat germ
Wheat Germ
I use this brand
Kretschmer

Begin using brewer's yeast gradually in small amounts. If you use large amounts you may produce bloating from gas in your intestines. Once your body has adjusted to the rich nutrition, large amounts are tolerated and there is no bloating from gas.

19-07-2006, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Peg Getting HUGE! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,469	Brewer's Yeast and Wheatgerm Give Your Shakes and Bars an Added Punch Brewer's Yeast and Wheatgerm are a great source of all around nutrition for your body. In the USA they are inexpensive. Nutritional Yeast Yeast Meets West Yeast is considered by many to be the most valuable supplement available. It is a complete protein and contains more protein than meat. Yeast is an excellent source of B-vitamins including B12 and it contains the glucose tolerance factor that helps in the regulation of blood sugar. It is a single-celled fungi present in the air around us and on fruits and grains - it converts various types of sugar to alcohol. The earliest recorded use was in 1550 BC in Egypt. But it is only during the last few decades that the outstanding health benefits of nutritional yeast have been researched. 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.) It's Good For Ya' Nutritional yeast contains 18 amino acids (forming the complete protein) and 15 minerals. Being rich in the B-complex vitamins, it is vital in many ways and particularly good for stress reduction. The B-complex vitamins help make nutritional yeast such a valuable supplement, especially to the vegetarian. It is one of the rare vegetarian sources of B12. One element of yeast is the trace mineral chromium, also known as the Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF). This is necessary to regulate blood sugar and is important for diabetics and people with a tendency toward low blood sugar. So How Do You Use This Wonder Food? The answer is that it is as versatile as it is beneficial. condiment sprinkled on rice, vegetables, popcorn 1/2 tsp per 1 C liquid to gravies and sauces 1 TBSP per 2C mixture to vegetable, bean and grain burgers 1 tsp with 1C of flour or meal for pancakes or baked goods Make a yeast "cheese" to adorn a pizza or lasagna source: Yeast Meets West Here are some sources for wheat germ Wheat Germ I use this brand Kretschmer Begin using brewer's yeast gradually in small amounts. If you use large amounts you may produce bloating from gas in your intestines. Once your body has adjusted to the rich nutrition, large amounts are tolerated and there is no bloating from gas. __________________ "21st century man is not conquered by guns, nor by oppression, but by seduction." "Pride to the human heart is like lard to the pig." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "The best punch is the one that is both first, last, and ends the fight."