Diagnosed With a Yeast Allergy Can Aid in Losing Weight

To most bread, cereal, and grain products are a significant part of their daily diet. All those carbohydrates are not always good for their waist lines. Carbs are in many a wide variety of foods, more than what most people think. What if, you cannot eat bread because of an allergy to yeast?

That is right. There are people with a yeast allergy. They cannot drink or eat anything that has yeast as an ingredient. Many people do not realize the extent of the number of foods and baked goods that have yeast as an ingredient. Most all of the baked goods contain yeast, like breads and bagels. All alcoholic drinks are made with yeast. There goes having a glass of Champaign to celebrate the New Year with. Although there are non alcoholic alternatives available.

A yeast allergy can be a good thing

Look at the bright side, though. If you have a yeast allergy, use it to your advantage and turn it into a low carb diet that will benefit your health, the way you feel and the way you look.

A yeast allergy for carb lovers can be devastating. What is worse is there are those who do not know they have a yeast allergy. They keep wondering why they are experiencing one or more of the following symptoms.

• Fatigue or lethargy
• Feeling of being drained
• Headaches
• Muscle Aches
• Irritability
• Psoriasis
• Chronic hives (urticaria)
• High sugar foods drastically increase symptoms
• Feeling of being intoxicated which leads to a “hangover feeling”. This is due to fermentation and alcohol production by yeast.

They continue to feel discomfort at certain times and have no idea why. They don’t realize that it’s the yeast they consume throughout the day that’s causing their discomfort. If they don’t consult an allergy doctor and actually get tested, it can be very hard to determine what the cause of the problem is.

If your allergy doctor tests you and tells you that you have a yeast allergy, then you will probably learn the severity of it. It’s at this point that you will learn whether or not you can have yeast based products at all. If your allergy isn’t that severe, you may be able to get by eating only certain foods with very little yeast in them. There may be some medication that you can take to alleviate the symptoms or at least lessen them so that you can enjoy your favorite foods without fear of a yeast allergy attack.

Depending on the severity of your yeast allergy you may be required to drastically reduce the amount of carbohydrates in your diet. It will be a good idea to consult with a registered dietician to develop a strategy and meal plan for you to follow. A side benefit of a low carb diet is it will help you reduce weight and the risk of adult onset diabetes.

Once you start paying attention to the product labels it becomes quite startling how many foods contain yeast. Being careful about what you eat and seeing the advantages to maintaining a low carbohydrate diet will help you keep your yeast allergy under control. So that you can live a normal life and enjoy life to its fullest without the discomfort of yeast allergy attacks.

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