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FOODS TO AVOID DURING YEAST FREE DIET









The following foods contain YEAST, or MOLD, and should be avoided during the yeast-free diet.

Bakers yeast is added to most breads, biscuits, buns, rolls, pretzels, crackers, and pastries.
Yeast-free products such as Ry-Krisp, Wasa lite rye, taco shells, rice cakes, Kavli Norwegian
quick breads and muffins may be substituted.

Yeast is present in all fermented beverages: all alcoholic beverages, medications
containing alcohol, root beer, ginger ale, and vanilla. Dry cereals, coffee substitutes, and
milk drinks to which malt has been added, should also be avoided.

Dried fruits, commercially produced fruit juicecanned and frozencanned tomatoes
and tomato juice, and all teas (except herbal) contain yeast or molds.

Cheese of all kinds, including cottage cheese, buttermilk, and sour cream contain yeast.
Skim milk, plain yogurt and butter may be used for some, but we suggest you try to stay
away from them.

Mushrooms and truffles are yeast-like foods.

All fermented condiments or condiments containing vinegar should be avoided. Soy sauce,
tamari, miso, tempeh, sauerkraut, olives and pickles, as well as ketchup, mayonnaise,
salad dressings, barbeque sauce, prepared mustard, and horseradish fall into this
category. Homemade, vinegar-free mayonnaise and salad dressing may be substituted.

Wash fruits and vegetables to eliminate the yeast on their surface; avoid over-ripe
products.

Medications and supplements derived from mold or yeast should be avoided: Penicillin,
mycin, chloromycetin, tetracyclines, vitamin B capsules or tablets made from yeast,
multivitamins with B vitamins made from yeast, Zylax (and other Lilly products containing
B-12), Laxo-Funk, Phoscaron-D and ViLitron drops, Mead Johnsons vitamins that contain
B-12, Squib vitamins with yeast sources noted on label, Parke Davis Vibrex, Merck, Sharpe
and Dohmes vitamins containing B-12, Lederle vitamins, Endo vitamins including Manibee
and S.C.T., and Massengill vitamins.

Yeast-free vitamins: Abbot vitamins, Mead Johnson and Merck, Sharpe and Dohme
vitamins that do not contain B-12, Robins Albee with C, Upjohn and Hoffman-LaRoche
vitamin products, Endo vitamins except for Manibee and S.C.T., and Parke Davis vitamins
except Vibrex.
A diet that eliminates most sources of yeast consists of the following foods:

Large amounts of fresh vegetables, raw and uncooked
Moderate amounts of:
a. fish, fowl, and lean meat
b. fresh fruits, raw and uncooked
c. whole grains
d. raw nuts and seeds
e. legumes
f. skim milks, plain yogurt and butter
g. cold-pressed vegetable oils

Within these guidelines, some alternatives for breakfast include:

Eggs, poached or soft-boiled
Hot cereal (oatmeal, buckwheat, millet, or brown rice)
Granola
Essene bread, or Dimpflmeiers Sour Rye (found in gluten-free section of store)
Baked or steamed potatoes

For lunch and/or dinner, salads and cooked vegetables are the focus:

Vegetable salad
Steamed vegetables
Baked squash, onions, parsnips, sweet potato, etc.
Vegetable soup
Sandwiches on yeast-free bread (i.e., tuna with yeast-free mayo)
Baked, broiled, or steamed fish, fowl, or lean meat
Butter used in moderation
Salad dressings of oil, fresh lemon, dry mustard, minced garlic, herbs and salt

Snack foods might include:

Fresh fruit
Vegetables
Nuts and seeds
Plain yogurt, with chopped fresh fruit
Rice cakes, Wasa lite rye, Ry-Krisp, Kavli crispbread

Beverages suitable during this yeast-free period are:

Spring water
Salt-free seltzer water with freshly squeezed lemon, lime, or orange juice
Home-squeezed fruit or vegetable juices
Herb teas without the ingredient Matte
Homemade soda ( fruit juice, seltzer)
Broth made from vegetables


For Yeast and Mold Avoidance (Simplified Version)

You may eat checkmarked items, unless you are avoiding them for other reasons.
Keep a food and symptom diary. Always read labels carefully.

Dairy Products
Butter
Eggs
Margarine
Milk-cow
Milk- goat
Yogurt, plain
NO Cheese
NO Ice cream

Fish
Bass
Bluefish
Carp
Clams
Codfish
Crab
Flounder
Haddock
Halibut
Herring
Lobster
Mackerel
Oyster
Pike
Perch
Swordfish
Salmon
Sardine
Scallops
Shrimp
Smelt
Trout
Tuna
Whitefish
Meats & Poultry
Beef
Chicken
Duck
Lamb
Liver (beef)
Pork
Turkey
Veal
*Watch out for fried
and breaded meats,
hot dogs, and cold
cuts!

Cereals & Grains
Barley
Buckwheat
Corn
Oats
Rice
Rye
Wheat
Millet
Pasta
Rice cakes
Brown rice
cracke rs
Corn tortillas
Nutri-grain
cereals
Shredded wheat
Puffed rice, corn
and wheat
NO Cane sugar
NO Malt

Nuts
Almonds
Brazil nuts
Cashew
Coconut
Filbert nuts
Pecans
Pistachio
Walnut
Tahini
Cashew butter
Almond butter
NO Peanuts



Fruits
Apple
Avocado
Banana
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Cherry
Grapefruit
Honeydew melon
Lemon
Lime
Nectarine
Orange
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tangerine
Watermelon
NO Date
NO Fig
NO Grapes
NO Prune
NO Raisin

Beverages
Coffee, Swiss
water, process decaf
Milk
Spring water
Tap water
Seltzer
Fresh-squeezed
Herbal teas
Pau aArco
Dacopa
NO Alcohol
NO Chocolate drinks
NO Coffee, regular
NO Processed fruit
juices
NO Soda
NO Tea- regular
NO Pero, Postum,
Cafir, Bambu
Condiments & Spices
Allspice
Bay Leaf
Caraway seed
Cinnamon
Cloves
Dill
Fenugreek
Ginger
Garlic
Licorice
Mace
Marjoram
Mint
Nutmeg
Oils
Oregano
Paprika
Peppermint
Poppy seed
Sage
Sesame seeds
Shortening
Sunflower seeds
Thyme
White pepper
Dry mustard
NO Ketchup
NO Mayonnaise
NO Mustard
NO Salad dressings
NO Vanilla
NO Vinegar

Miscellaneous
Carob
Gelatin
NO Bakers yeast
NO Brewers yeast
NO Cake
NO Candy
NO Chewing gum
NO Chocolate
NO Cookies
NO Honey
NO Maple Syrup
NO Sugar
NO Any other sweet

Vegetables (fresh & plain
frozen)
Artichoke
Asparagus
Beet
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Endive
Green pepper
Kidney beans
Kohlrabi
Leek
Lentil
Lettuce
Lima beans
Onion
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas (green)
Pimento
Potatoes (sweet,
white)
Pumpkin
Radish
Red pepper
Rhubarb
Soy beans
Spinach
Squash
String beans
Tomato
Turnip
Chick peas
Garbanzo beans
Navy beans
NO Mushrooms
NO Olives



For Yeast and Mold Avoidance (Simplified Version)

You may eat checkmarked items, unless you are avoiding them for other reasons.
Keep a food and symptom diary. Always read labels carefully.


Vegetables
Artichoke
Asparagus
Beet
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Endive
Green pepper
Kidney beans
Kohlrabi
Leek
Lentil
Lettuce
Lima beans
Onion
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas (green)
Pimento
Potatoes
(sweet, white)
Pumpkin
Radish
Red pepper
Rhubarb
Soy beans
Spinach
Squash
String beans
Tomato
Turnip
Chick peas
Garbanzo beans
Navy beans
NO Mushrooms
NO Olives


Fruits
Apple
Avocado
Banana
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Cherry
Grapefruit
Honeydew
melon
Lemon
Lime
Nectarine
Orange
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tangerine
Watermelon
NO Date
NO Fig
NO Grapes
NO Prune
NO Raisin

Miscellaneous
Carob
Gelatin
NO Bakers yeast
NO Brewers yeast
NO Cake
NO Candy
NO Chewing gum
NO Chocolate
NO Cookies
NO Honey
NO Maple Syrup
NO Sugar
NO Any other sweet


Fish
Bass
Bluefish
Carp
Clams
Codfish
Crab
Flounder
Haddock
Halibut
Herring
Lobster
Mackerel
Oyster
Pike
Perch
Swordfish
Salmon
Sardine
Scallops
Shrimp
Smelt
Trout
Tuna
Whitefish

Beverages
Coffee, decaf
Milk
Spring water
Tap water
Seltzer
Fresh-squeezed
Herbal teas
Pau aArco
Dacopa
NO Alcohol
NO Chocolate drinks
NO Coffee, regular
NO Processed fruit
juices
NO Soda
NO Tea- regular
NO Pero, Postum,
Cafir, Bambu


Cereals & Grains
Barley
Buckwheat
Corn
Oats
Rice
Rye
Wheat
Millet
Pasta
Rice cakes
Brown rice crackers
Corn tortillas
Nutri-grain cereals
Shredded wheat
Puffed rice, corn
and wheat
NO Cane sugar
NO Malt

Nuts
Almonds
Brazil nuts
Cashew
Coconut
Filbert nuts
Pecans
Pistachio
Walnut
Tahini
Cashew butter
Almond butter
NO Peanuts

Dairy Products
Butter
Eggs
Margarine
Milk-cow
Milk- goat
Yogurt, plain
NO Cheese
NO Ice cream


Meats & Poultry
Beef
Chicken
Duck
Lamb
Liver (beef)
Pork
Turkey
Veal
*Watch out for fried and
breaded meats,
hot dogs, and cold cuts!

Condiments & Spices
Allspice
Bay Leaf
Caraway seed
Cinnamon
Cloves
Dill
Fenugreek
Ginger
Garlic
Licorice
Mace
Marjoram
Mint
Nutmeg
Oils
Oregano
Paprika
Peppermint
Poppy seed
Sage
Sesame seeds
Shortening
Sunflower seeds
Thyme
White pepper
Dry mustard
NO Ketchup
NO Mayonnaise
NO Mustard
NO Salad dressings
NO Vanilla
NO Vinegar