More and more people are noticing that they feel tired after eating bread. Here are three possible reasons:

1. A large intake of refined carbohydrates
2. You have an allergy to wheat or gluten.
3. You have an allergy to yeast.

Refined carbohydrates are quickly converted by your body into sugar. This can give you a quick boost of energy, then leave you flat. This is similar to the effect of sugar, but with less severe effects . Your post-bread fatigue could be from this effect, if it turns out not to be the other two.

You can mitigate this effect by having less bread at a meal, and by having whole-grain bread rather than white bread. A local bakery is more likely to provide truly whole-grain bread. Large bakeries tend to use white flour with a few flour refining byproducts and call the sum of the parts "whole grain".

Most bread is made mostly or entirely of wheat. A wheat or gluten allergy can have a number of symptoms, including fatigue. This may show up soon after consuming wheat, or it may take up to a day. If you eat bread every day, then you will likely feel tired all the time, although the effect could be even worse shortly after eating bread.

The remedy in this case is to avoid all wheat or gluten products (gluten is in wheat, as well as in barley, oats and rye).

Yeast can really sap your energy as well. If you are allergic to yeast, you will probably notice a similar effect after a small amount of wine or beer (1 glass).

To reduce yeast allergy symptoms, eliminate yeast-containing foods from your diet, and reduce or eliminate sugar.

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