Re: Can you OD on nutritional yeast? at Natural Healing & Herbal Solutions w/Unyquity

Can you "OD" on it? Yes, you can OD on anything, even water.

Yes, it's 'fortified', but it also contains naturally occuring B's (which is likely why Schulze approved of it). Because all the natural alkaloids/phytochemicals required to process the B vitamins are in there, it's likely FAR less of a stress or imbalance on the body.

The yeast we're after is:

NON-Active Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nutritional Yeast This yeast is grown on beets and pure molasses. It is the second highest source of complete protein in nature, (50%), and the richest source of B Vitamins. It is also a rich source of iron and many other minerals. The yeast we choose is heated high enough to absolutely destroy any yeast activity, but not high enough to lessen the B Vitamin content. It is totally NON active and safe for patients with candida albicans or on yeast-free diets. (from Schulzes Superfood info - he recommends Red Star, which is what we/he uses...as far as we know)

Saccharomyces cerevisiase yeast is also the active yeast found in Brewer's yeast; as you likely know, Brewer's yeast is VERY bitter. I have searched the internet far & wide to find a source for pure saccharomyces cerevisiase yeast, and the only thing (close, but no cookies) I've ever been able to find is from Frontier, with this description:

Brand: Frontier Bulk
Ingredients: Organic yeast autolysate, organic rice flour, sea salt. May contain wheat.

We have no idea how much rice flour & salt is in this, and obviously cannot use anything that 'may' contain wheat (as that would rule out being used for anyone with wheat sensitivities or celiac disease).

I'm not concerned about the nutritional yeast that Schulze used successfully for decades, what I'm concerned about is your nutritional balance and intake. I seem to recall reading one of your posts awhile back where you mentioned you were not juicing (???) and drinking relatively small amounts of purchased carrot juice (???). You should be striving for a gallon of FRESHLY juiced juices with a good nutritional 'mix' and potassium broth and for added nutrition, slippery elm porridge. If you're not doing this, your body is going to be throwing you cravings left & right and you're sabotaging your own healing process (and your body).

All of Dr. Schulzes patients juice-fasted or ate raw/vegan...and they were in FAR worse condition than anyone on this forum. None of them (to my knowledge, as a general rule) had more than 6T of Superfood daily - which equates to 3T of nutritional yeast...yet you're ingesting Superfood and up to 12T of nutritional yeast daily??? Gerson did raw/vegan (with raw liver juice initially, then a liver supplement after he discovered how toxic beef livers really are), with a very occasionall slice of rye bread & cup of yogurt. On Christopher's 'official' IP, there was 100% juices for the first 3 weeks (plus slippery elm porridge), and then he started allowing one meal a day of raw/vegan food as below:

Continue to rotate the three juices each week as before. This program is life- sustaining as the patient is taking rapid-healing and wholesome food. If the patient desires more solid food, just add one solid meal each day. This meal should consist of a good fresh vegetable combination salad (as many raw fresh vegetables as you desire). If a salad dressing is desired, use a natural one, such as one made with fresh olive oil, apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, and, if desired, a small amount of honey, grated fresh onion and garlic to taste, savory salad herbs, coarse freshly ground black pepper, etc.

A small serving of presoaked, low-heated grain may also be added. This is done by taking the whole uncracked grain (wheat, rye, millet, buckwheat, barley or whole oat groats) and soaking it with distilled water. Soak in a cool place so it won't sour, up to twenty hours depending on the hardness of the grain. Then low-heat it in a stainless steel or Pyrex double boiler for twelve to fourteen hours. Use a food thermometer and do not allow the temperature to rise over 130° F. If you use a crockpot, equip it with a dimmer switch or some other type of control so it will not overheat. He also recommended doing this by:

For the last method, put the soaked grain into the bottle, about 1/3 full. Add the boiling water, turning the thermos a few times so that all the grain is treated. Let this sit all night, and in the morning the grain should be soft and palatable. He claimed if the grain was presoaked, that it would still be 'alive' (and sprout) even with boiling water added in the thermos.

In whole live grain you have nearly every known vitamin and mineral known to mankind, but this live food must not be killed by overheating. Professor Arnold Eheret and the Rodale Press have both advised against the use of grain because of its acidity. In its hard state, grain is generally a pH 5. By using presoaked, low-heated grain we raise it from the objectionable pH 5 to a pH 7 which is easily assimilated.

The salad and grains must be chewed thoroughly until they become liquid before swallowing. These additions can be used in the healing routine as long as is desired. On this type of food a person can live to a ripe, healthy old age. As the individual improves in health, a larger variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds can be used. Later, all the lentils, beans and harder seed types with longer soaking and more low-heating can be added. With these, and low-heated grains, delicious casseroles may be created. Also, potatoes which are steamed or slow baked using their skin are a very good food. Use fresh olive oil on them and coarse ground black pepper and, if desired, chives and/or other herbal seasoning.

Use no salt, sugar, eggs, meats, bread, milk or dairy products. In a short time you will find the hidden hunger will leave by using the food recommended. The cravings will disappear and will be replaced with a cozy, unbloated, satisfied fullness that will bring ease and peace.

It's okay to "up" the Superfood to more than 6T (with the good balance it has of all the other nutritional goodies), but I advise against that much nutritional yeast. And EVERYBODY needs to remember this:

Because of the years of improper eating, the body is now suffering from malnutrition. This is because food is not being assimilated, causing starvation of the bodies cells. It is not the amount of food that has been eaten matters, but the quality and how well it has been assimilated. We may take a healthy quantity of food into our bodies, but only that which has been properly assimilated can be utilized for rebuilding and repairing cells and malfunctioning areas. Proper assimilation is acquired by drinking the solid foods and chewing the liquid food. This is an old and true axiom. What this means is we should thoroughly chew our solid foods which mixes the saliva with the food until it becomes liquid, and then we drink it. The liquid foods must be swished (or chewed) in the mouth, then swallowed. The saliva thoroughly mixed with the foods is the key that opens up the doors of digestion. Without mixing saliva with the food, the balance of the digestive juices are not activated for good assimilation. By gulping or inhaling our food without properly mixing saliva with it, we get only eight to ten percent of its value. By properly chewing, we can raise this to forty or forty-five percent. The remainder is generally cellulose or indigestible fiber. We not only receive better health but also save money. Food is one of our largest expenditures. If we can get four to six times better assimilation and use four to six times less food, we are saving a lot of money! By this simple method alone, which gives better assimilation, we gain superior health and a happier life. With one fourth or one third of the food we have been used to eating, we can receive much more power and energy. Remember, a large part of attaining good health results from chewing both solid foods and liquid food