<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I ate some delicious GF [kinnick-kinnick] bread this morning that was raised with yeast. The other ingredients I believe I can tolerate (rice, flax, sunflower seeds, vegetable gum & soda). I feel like I've swallowed a brick that's just sitting there making me feel tired. I haven't had this heavy feeling in my gut since going GF/CF. Could it be the yeast? ~Valerie in Tacoma, WA< ----------- absolutely! celiac and candida go hand in hand...read up on yeast infections. Have you had antibiotics lately? ----------- You are right, it is possible that you are sensitive to yeast. Here you have a site to read: www.howdyneighbor.com/jbayliss/ There you find "Do you have a yeast problem?" Make the test, and you know much more about Candida. ----------- Read Dr. William G. Crook's book The Yeast Connection Handbook. If you can't find a copy let me know. He lives in Jackson TN where I live. He is speaking at our next support group meeting. Joan in TN ----------- Could be the yeast or the flax seeds. They are kind of heavy, I can't have the flax seeds but can take flax seed oil. ----------- a number of people with CD also have yeast sensitivity. Mine was diagnosed by Dr. Fine at the same time that I was tested for CD. ----------- I know that yeast is a problem for me and my yeast test from Enterolab was positive, thus, he's advised me not to consume yeast (gluten sensitivity was also positive...) ----------- I know since I've been diagnosed, I can't tolerate flax seed. ----------- It might be the vegetable gum?? ----------- I have celiac disease and if I so much as use makeup (a lot of moisturizers and eye creams have yeast) with yeast in it, I either get tired, fuzzy brained, or uncontrollably fall asleep. So my answer is yes, celiacs can react to yeast. ----------- You may have an ulcer. Ulcer bleed due to either too much acid or too little. The bread may have absorbed some of the acid. This bleeding can go unnoticed and causes poor digestion and chronic fatigue. ---------- ok....then it could be that you are just plain allergic to yeast....try this[recommended by my pharmacist]...if you think you are allergic to a pill or substance, take it crush it and place it in the crook of your arm....cover withe damp bandage [don't need much] and wait an hour before you remove it...check skin for redness, welts etc. Bakeries use both cake yeast. and dry yeasts..so do both ---------- I think you should find out what the vegetable gum is. ---------- Years ago I had a similar reaction to brewers yeast but not to bakers yeast. Perhaps you should contact the baker and ask details about the exact type and origin of the yeast. ---------- I got that exact feeling from eating Arrowhead Mills pancake mix once. I never figured out for sure what it was, but suspected cross contamination. I'm pretty sure there was no yeast in it. ---------- I feel the same way with yeast. I never eat it. I only make quick breads like banana bread, or flat things like bette haggmans's rice pizza crust. I don't think it is in your head. In a book I read about crohn's disease, yeast is a definite no-no. ---------- Yes it can be yeast. The Merck Manual lists several reasons for damage to intestines, celiac disease is only one, and allergy to parasites/yeast is another. --------- I am sorry to say that yes, yeast is one of those things that a number of Celiac can't tolerate. Including my son. Until recently there was no substitute for it. Now there is a powered form of ascorbic acid. I haven't had time to experiment with it yet, perhaps others have. Miss Roben's is where I got mine www.missroben.com , but I am sure there are other sources. ---------- Could be, but I'd likely say it was the *heavy* ingredients in the bread...I mean, that's some pretty solid bread. I always feel like you describe when eating *any* flour products (GF of course) - crackers, pasta, bagels, bread etc. I do eat whole grains (quinoa, millet, amaranth, buckwheat, corn and rice)... only a couple times per week. Grains just generally make me tired, rundown and leave me with that 'brick in the stomach' feeling you describe -as if it's all just sitting there *not* digesting...not doing anything except exhausting me.