Too much brewer's yeast in the 61-year-old's gut meant that whenever he ate starch, it sparked a chemical reaction leading to fermentation....
"He would get drunk out of the blue," said Barbara Cordell, dean of nursing at Panola College in Texas. "On a Sunday morning after being at church, or really, just any time. His wife was so dismayed about it that she even bought a Breathalyzer."
September 20, 2013
"A teetotalling Texan whose family thought he was addicted to booze was in fact suffering from a rare disease..."
"... where his stomach turns the food he eats into beer."
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they beter start selling that antibiotic and yeast as a package deal!
i want this disease.
beer belly
Would a DUI conviction occur? I'm guessing it would.
Very interesting case!
I am a home brewer. The major product of brewer's yeast and carbs is carbon dioxide gas, not alcohol. A batch of wort will bubble for weeks to produce 5% alcohal. I want to know how his body dealt with the gas.
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