Is yeast gluten free? If so, is it possible to have a reaction to it?
Hi everyone,
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, and I apologise if not, but I'm really struggling.
For a bit of background: I'm 17 and know I have some sort of intolerance to gluten. My doctor wanted to me to eat gluten for 6 weeks and get a blood test for coeliac, but I couldn't make it 6 weeks so I just decided not to - I don't think it is anyway.
I've been trying my best not to eat gluten for about a year now and I'm going pretty well. Occasionally, I accidentally eat something with gluten and I always get horribly painful acid reflux that lasts multiple days, constipation and a hard, bloated stomach.
Recently I've been trying gluten free recipes as alternatives for my old favourite foods. It's been going well so far - I made cheese scones earlier this week with no issues. But tonight for dinner (about 3 hours ago), I made a gluten free pizza dough and had pizza for dinner. I used instant yeast in the dough and googled it multiple times to make sure it was gluten free and it was. About half an hour ago I started getting horrible acid reflux and the other usual symptoms.
Also I had homemade soup last week and got acid reflux, bloating etc afterwards. It turns out there was yeast extract in the stock.
Was the yeast not gluten free, or is it possible I don't have a problem with gluten at all and it's the yeast giving me this reaction? Thank you for any help!
