Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | A few flaws in the article

The yeast in bread and other baked goods are killed when heated. The yeast in wine and beer dies as the alcohol increases during fermentation. There isn't any yeast in distilled spirits. Dead yeast cannot digest sugars to produce gas and bloating.

One reason some individuals experience bloating when they eat wheat products is the relatively high amount of fructans wheat contains. Fructans can be fermented in the colon to produce gas.

To complicate matters even more sometimes bloating in functional GI disorders can simply be the result of increase viseral sensitivity and not increase GI gas production.

It cannot hurt to remove foods that produce excess gas to help reduce bloating.

The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders has an interesting article on Abdominal Bloating: A mysterious symptom that you may find interesting. Note yeast is not mentioned as a potential cause.

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