CONTEST ENTRY Good Housekeeping 1934

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Another colon shot! Woot.

Eating yeast. So gross.

Comments

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Actually brewers' yeast does contain a lot of vitamins, mainly B-group. At the time of this ad B vitamins were not available commercially and brewers' yeast was prescribed for a variety of complaints.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

I think this is bakers' yeast, though.

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

I actually eat nutritional yeast. But baker's yeast would probably cause a yeast infection in susceptible patients. Maybe I made the ad too small to make that clear.

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Bakers' yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is the same fungus species as brewers' yeast. What is commonly called 'yeast infection' is caused by the Candida fungus. Saccharomyces cerevesiae infection has been described in patients with severe immune deficiency but is very rare. Such patients should avoid both bakers' and brewers' yeast (uncooked), because medically they are the same thing.

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Isn't a yeast infection, or fungal overgrowth, common in women who have to take oral antibiotics?

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

It is, but it has nothing to do with the yeast we eat. The bakers' or brewers' yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the 'yeast infection' after taking oral antibiotics is Candida albicans - an entirely different bug that lives on our skin.

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

That's good to know - thanks!

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

That is one creepy looking doctor!

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I ain't donning the paper gown for that dude!

YES

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

^ ^

Look! I just made a copy of the guy's eyebrows! I'm so clever.

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

I'd be more impressed if you had the guys eyebrows being eaten by a velociraptor...

[fra-r.livejournal.com]

ha!

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

YES! I love this one. Also I love yeast. Mmmmmmmm. It cures what ails me.

... yes

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

Soda fountains???