Yeast powder generally refers to inactive yeast body protein, which is a powdered yeast body processed by edible yeast through a specific process, and is widely used in biological fermentation, nutrition and health care, animal nutrition and other fields.

Yeast has the following benefits to human body:

1, supplement essential amino acids

The amino acid composition of yeast is close to that of human body, and it is rich in eight essential amino acids. Therefore, yeast powder can be used as a supplementary source of essential amino acids.

2, vitamin supplements

Vitamins, as coenzymes of metabolic enzymes of carbohydrates, lipids, protein and other nutrients, play a role in metabolic regulation. For example, thiamine can be used as a coenzyme of decarboxylase, pyridoxine plays an important role in the transformation and metabolism of amino acids, and vitamin E and vitamin C have good antioxidant effects. Yeast is rich in water-soluble vitamins, so edible yeast can supplement some vitamins.

3. Protect the liver.

Yeast is rich in glutathione, which is a compound with high nutritional value composed of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine. It can promote liver catabolism and resist chemical liver injury, and is an essential substance in liver metabolism. Taking drinkers as an example, glutathione can accelerate the catabolism of alcohol in the liver and promote the liver to decompose alcohol into water and heat more quickly.

Step 4 lose weight

Yeast powder contains a lot of high-quality dietary fiber. Supplementing high-quality dietary fiber can increase satiety, make people feel not hungry, and prevent eating too much food (starch and fat), which not only ensures adequate nutrition, but also reduces the intake of fat and calories. In addition, dietary fiber can absorb fat after absorbing water, thus reducing the absorption of fat.

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Yeast action:

There are many ways to make dough, such as baking soda dough and yeast dough. The effect of these methods is the same, that is, by generating a lot of carbon dioxide gas in the dough, during the cooking process, carbon dioxide expands when heated, so the pasta becomes soft and delicious. But their principles are different. In the former method, it is a chemical process. Baking soda will seriously destroy the B vitamins in flour. Yeast fermentation is completed through the biological process of yeast fermentation, which improves the nutritional value.

Yeast is divided into fresh yeast and dry yeast. It is an edible and nutrient-rich single-celled microorganism, which is called "inexhaustible nutrient source" in nutrition. Besides protein, carbohydrates and lipids, yeast is also rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes.

Experiments show that the content of protein per 1 kg of dry yeast is equivalent to that of protein in 5 kg of rice, 2 kg of soybean or 2.5 kg of pork. Therefore, the nutritional content of steamed bread and bread is 3-4 times higher than that of cakes and noodles without dough, and nearly 2 times higher in protein.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yeast