• Question: If you just ate raw yeast, could you die because it expanded in your stomach or intestines? And is it possible for a plant to grow in your stomach or in your lungs if you inhaled seeds?

    Asked by piwikiwi3 to Christina on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Christina Pagel

      Christina Pagel answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      You probably wouldn’t die but you would get painful bloating and possibly alochol poisoning since yeast turns sugar into alcohol… but raw yeast can kill small pets who are less able to cope with the effects!

      A plant wouldn’t be able to grow in your stomach (since it’s very acidic) but you can get growths in your lungs! in fact a man in America was rushed to hospital with lung problems and it turned a pea plant was growing in his lung!!

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10945050

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