Does Yeast Die in Bread?

[Gloria]

Polly wrote:

Yeast is used in wine; however, in a dry red wine, the yeast has consumed all of the sugar and died.

I've mentioned that Enterolab showed that I was intolerant to yeast, but I have since resumed eating it with no apparent problems. Is that because the yeast has consumed all of the sugar and died in the bread, also?

Gloria

[tex]

Gloria,

It's the temperature that matters. Yeast dies if the temperature exceeds about 130 degrees F. Here are some important temperature levels for yeast:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/br ... _temp.html

Tex

[Gloria]

You know where I'm going with this...

If the yeast is killed in bread due to the baking temperature, then there doesn't seem to be any reason to not consume yeast bread if one has been diagnosed with a yeast intolerance, does there?

It seems more logical that sugar should be avoided because yeast thrives on sugar.

I bring this up because I know there are others like me who have been diagnosed with a yeast intolerance and they may be avoiding bread because of it. I have been eating bread using the rotation time schedule, but that seems unnecessary if yeast isn't present in bread. I've probably been needlessly overly cautious.

Gloria

[tex]

You know where I'm going with this...

Yes I do, and it's logical to make that connection, but I'm pretty sure that the purpose of the test is to search for protein intolerance, (remember, dietary yeast is a source of protein), rather than viewing yeast as an infectious pathogen.

Tex