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Title: 61-year-old Texan can brew beer in his own stomach
Post by: eymas on September 19, 2013, 11:38:13 am

When a 61-year-old man from Texas showed up to a nearby hospital complaining about feeling drunk, though he had not taken a sip of alcohol that day, doctors wrote it off as closet alcoholism. After blowing 0.37 percent on a breathalyzer test while insisting he had not been drinking, the former home brewer drew the attention of gastroenterologists Dr. Barbara Cordell and Dr. Justin McCarthy.

"He would get drunk out of the blue — on a Sunday morning after being at church, or really, just anytime," Cordell explained. "His wife was so dismayed about it that she even bought a Breathalyzer."

The research team made sure that the man was not in possession of any liquor and isolated him in a hospital room for a period of 24 hours. Even after consuming only food rich in carbohydrates, the man still ended up with a 0.12 blood alcohol content on his blood test.

During further testing, Cordell and McCarthy discovered a buildup of a certain type of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in the man’s intestinal tract. The condition, dubbed gut fermentation syndrome or auto-brewery syndrome, causes starch to ferment sugar and thus produces ethanol. Essentially, the man’s stomach was his own brewery.

The man was finally cured with a low-carbohydrate diet and a steady regimen of antifungals to help combat the yeast buildup.

Quote from: source

http://www.medicaldaily.com/texas-man-can-get-drunk-without-alcohol-due-auto-brewery-syndrome-can-you-brew-beer-your-own-stomach

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Quite fascinating how he got a fortune with a misfortune.

Title: Re: 61-year-old Texan can brew beer in his own stomach
Post by: Huntsman on September 20, 2013, 07:10:19 pm

Damn... Alcohol is the only alcohol drink I can tolerate, but I don't want to get a stomach like this guy, this is why I dont drink at all... I'm actually sad about how a person can get like this..

Title: Re: 61-year-old Texan can brew beer in his own stomach
Post by: Lincoln. on September 20, 2013, 07:14:43 pm

Quote from: Rytuklis on September 20, 2013, 07:10:19 pm

Alcohol is the only alcohol drink I can tolerate

Lol.

Title: Re: 61-year-old Texan can brew beer in his own stomach
Post by: Omar Aly on September 21, 2013, 10:00:10 pm

He's unlucky, but does that make him piss beer?

Title: Re: 61-year-old Texan can brew beer in his own stomach
Post by: Freedom on October 04, 2013, 04:17:10 pm

Quote from: Omar Aly on September 21, 2013, 10:00:10 pm

He's unlucky, but does that make him piss beer?

drink it and you'll find out.