So, one of my roommate/friends had a bright idea.
He's taking Brewer's Yeast as a dietary supplement. Well, he's inventive and found that the pet food supply houses (Red Barn, et al) stock it in larger quantity and at a much cheaper price; about half or less of the cost of the regular human-consumable variety.
He calls the manufacturer and finds out that the stuff is made to acceptable clean standards (meaning that it's not certified, but prepared in a way that isn't immediately objectionable)...
So, off he goes and buys about four (4) containers of the stuff.
Brewers Yeast, 2 Lb (Animed) (001019)
- Brand: Animed
- Health and Safety Type: Vitamins and Supplements
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast
Brewers Yeast, 2 Lb (Animed) (001019)
Rich source of the b-complex vitamins, protein, and minerals, particularly chromium.Supplies all the essential amino acids and chromium for a pets diet.Used as an aid to good health and development in pets of all ages.100% natural source of high quality vitamins.Natural source of all the essential amino acids.Brewers Yeast Powder Amino Acids/Chromium.
He was very proud of his new cost-saving health measure.
Then... he sees this article in the Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/yeast-love-and-fear-death-and-beer/275786/
Yeast: Love and Fear, Death and Beer
Single-celled fungi all around us do so much good and so much bad.
o o o
"Fink said that in biotech applications S. cerivisiae, ordinary bread yeast, is preferable to E. coli not only because it reproduces prolifically, but because it's safe. Even after using it to produce the viral antigens used in vaccines, "you can feed it to animals," he said. Because literally thousands of pounds of yeast can be produced from a small batch, Fink added, "You can get a pretty penny for Saccharomyces" by selling the excess that isn't needed."
So, he's been eating yeast that was used to produce What exactly...?
let me spell it out:
Vaccines
Insulin
Hormones?
oh my...
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