Brewers Yeast

CausticSymmetry- i see that you posted to use brewers yeast for B vitamins. Whats your suggestion as to which one we should use? Or what we need to look for when buying brewers yeast?

While were at it.

Whats the difference between taking brewers yeast for B vitamins. Or a super B complex?

For what it's worth I use nutritional yeast flakes, much higher in B-vits than brewers yeast.

youngbalder - Most B-Complex are synthetic isolates. There is one that I used from Swanson's for a while that I felt was quite good, since it was an activated form (including the active form of folate which is very hard to find and most actives of the others).

But even the Swanson's version has one flaw, it does not contain any Adenine (Vitamin B4), nor does any other B-complex vitamin made in the traditional way. It's not even legal to state its existence on a label. There are generally three different sources of natural B complex sources, brewer's yeast, organ meats and wheat germ. Personally I do not react well to wheat germ for some reason, at least the oil that is. At any rate, Vitamin B4 doesn't really exist in most foods and perishes quickly.

Smaller amounts of natural B vitamins are quite potent, so the larger amounts are not as necessary as they are if it is an isolate. There is a relatively large percentage of people who do not metabolize synthetic folate (called folic acid) and the use of synthetic folic acid inhibits the natural form (folate) in our food. Depression can be one result of this phenomenon.

Using synthetics can depress a deficiency of B4 even greater and generally speaking, food based b-vitamins work in synergy with other constituents. This makes brewer's yeast ideal for a supplementation of some nutrients.

Beware of some Brewer's & Nutritional yeasts which add synthetic isolate vitamins to boost their nutritional content. It make look better but may undermine the ideal behind taking brewer's yeast.

If one compares pyridoxine (B6) from its synthetic to natural form--one is going to manage 5-alpha reductase differently.

And if there's any truth to the mineral tin being useful in hair loss, it's good to know that brewer's yeast contains this.

I fixed the link on the regimen page. http://www.immortalhair.org/mycurrentregimen.htm

CS, could you provided a recommended brewers yeast. I have been taking B complex. But have recently thought about switching to brewers yeast since it provides B vit in a natural state. Not to mention beneficial in preventing hair loss

As shown in the link above: http://www.iherb.com/Brewer-s-Yeast-10-Grain-650-mg-500-Tablets/427?at=0

Hi Immortal, Im alittle unclear on one point- is nutritional yeast equivalent to brewers yeast for b vit and tin content?

As always, much appreciation!

thelibrarian - Yes, both should contain it.

Hey CS,

What do you reckon to Marmite health wise, hair wise? I love this stuff, but only recently discovered it.

http://www.marmite.co.uk/love/nutrition/ingredients.html

Petch - Until your post I had never heard of Marmite previously, I had to look it up. In an area of Wikipedia said, "an edible yeast extract with the visual properties of an industrial lubricant"

I looked at the link and carefully read the language and it seemed to imply that some of the vitamins are added (fortified).
It seems to be similar in nature to brewer's yeast and perhaps they fortify it with extra vitamins to exceed the recommend daily allowance values. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but if the Marmite supply does contain its natural vitamins intact it would nutritionally equivalent to a brewer's yeast.