A yeast-free diet is one of the most mysterious, and therefore popular today. People seeking to reduce their weight or improve their own health, tirelessly interested in its features.
Diet popularity
A common reason for the popularity of a yeast-free diet is the myth that yeast bread is bad. Currently, there are special types of this baking product on sale that are supposedly prepared without using this component. However, this is not always true. And although it is quite possible to find absolutely yeast-free baked goods, it is not recommended to abuse such products.
Yeast is sometimes considered a harmful product, as it represents a family of mushrooms. This is not entirely true. Undoubtedly, some yeast fungi are opportunistic. But those that are used in the preparation of food products cannot be the cause of the development of pathologies.
For certain reasons, vegetarians often practice a yeast-free diet. Also, this principle of nutrition is sometimes used as a method of alternative treatment of autism in children. There is an opinion that the absence of yeast in the diet can alleviate the course of pathology. But in this case, there is no reliable evidence of the effectiveness of such a diet.
The effectiveness of such a diet for weight loss
Many people think that eating yeast can help you gain weight. Some people specifically inject brewer's yeast into the diet, following the recommendations of friends or a doctor to gain a few pounds of weight. However, it is not always possible to achieve the desired effect. Sometimes the course of taking brewer's yeast comes to an end, but the person’s weight remains the same. In addition, everyone knows that gaining extra pounds is very easy if you abuse bakery products, which are mainly prepared using yeast. It would be logical to assume that nutrition without this component will contribute to weight loss. And if you remove all the yeast products from the diet, you can easily achieve grace and harmony. Is it so?
In fact, a yeast-free diet really contributes to weight loss. These unicellular members of the mushroom family are found in seasonings, sauces, beer and bread. Anyone who wants to lose weight, in any case, is recommended to abandon the use of these products. Such a limitation is an undoubted contribution to improving one's own figure. But it is always worth remembering that there is no yeast-free diet, painted by specialists separately for products and days. You can simply eliminate the relevant food items from your diet. This approach can be called a diet without yeast.
Foods that should not be consumed
Yeast-free nutrition involves the rejection of a whole list of dishes and their components. First of all, this applies to such common products on our table as:
- Bread, any bakery products. Yeast is reflected in their smell and taste.
- Wine. The aroma and taste of it is also determined by yeast.
- Beer. In this case, the yeast comes in two varieties: bottom and top fermentation.
- Tea mushroom. An analogue of acetic acid bacteria and fungi.
- Kvass. In addition to yeast, the production of this drink uses lactic acid bacteria.
- Xylitol (sweetener).
- Directly the yeast of any type, including dry yeast, used in baking various products.
As a rule, the main difficulty arises from the rejection of bread. It will be easier to transfer if you replace ordinary bread with yeast-free. The exception to the diet of beer and other alcoholic beverages is undoubtedly a beneficial effect recommended by many doctors.
What can I eat with a yeast-free diet?
Healthy vegetables
An approximate menu of such a diet has not been developed. However, it can be independently formed, adhering to the general recommendations of nutritionists and using products that do not contain yeast. With this diet, you can eat quite a lot of things.
Most vegetables do not contain yeast. In addition, they are very useful for the body as a whole: saturate it with trace elements and vitamins. The exception is mushrooms (although they are not vegetables). It is not recommended to use them with such nutrition.
It is better to saturate your diet with vegetables that have a lot of vitamin C: tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach. It is important to choose not crushed, but whole vegetables that are not spoiled by mold.
What other foods can I eat with a strictly yeast-free diet?
Cereals, Nuts, Meat, Fish
Yeast is not found in meat. But only on condition that it was properly stored and prepared. You can eat any meat: poultry, pork, beef. High-grade foods rich in fatty acids and vegetable proteins include millet, buckwheat, whole barley and nuts. It is good to include fish in the menu.
Fruits and berries
When eating a yeast-free diet, you should give preference to fruits that contain a large amount of vitamin C: garden and forest berries, citrus fruits. The exception in this case is sweet fruit. They can cause an increase in yeast activity. Natural fresh fruit juices can be consumed, but only in moderation. Packaged should be discarded, as they contain sugar in high concentration.
Probiotics and bread
Probiotics are called bacteria that improve digestive processes and reduce the vital activity of yeast. Natural probiotics are yogurt, yogurt, kefir.
It is not recommended to completely refuse bread; you just need to replace it with yeast-free counterparts: Ossetian pies, pita bread, and flatbreads.
Recipe Examples
You can make a menu of a yeast-free diet using the following recipes:
- Porridge. It is necessary to take brown rice, buckwheat, millet. The cereal mixture should be poured into boiling water and boil over low heat. When the cereals are ready, the porridge is removed from the heat, it is slightly cooled to thicken. Then add coconut oil and a sweetener: cinnamon or stevia.
- Pancakes from quinoa. It is necessary to mix flour from quinoa in the amount of half a glass and two chicken eggs, add coconut oil. Pancakes should be baked in the usual way. Ready meals can be sprinkled with cinnamon.
- Zucchini fritters. Grind with a coarse zucchini grater. To the resulting mass should be added salt, eggs, baking powder, flour from rice, buckwheat or quinoa. The dough thus obtained is mixed well and baked using linseed, olive or coconut oil.
With this approach to a yeast-free diet, it will be possible to diversify food and prepare dishes with which the lack of usual bread will not be felt so much.