Meadbh
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No, not what you think.
A man in Texas kept showing up drunk, despite not drinking alcohol. His wife, a nurse, started testing him with a breathalyzer, and he was frequently over the legal limit.
It turned out he was brewing beer in his stomach, and not on purpose! It was all due to a yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which had been growing in his stomach ever since a course of antibiotics in 2004 killed off his "healthy" gut bacteria. The yeast would ferment any starchy foods that he ate, giving him a nice postprandial mellow feeling!
I can see this being brought up as a drunk driving defense....but they will need proof!
Man Gets Drunk On Food - Without A Drop Of Alcohol, Doctors Say
Here is the scientific paper:
Conferences, Proceedings, Journals, Open Access Journals, SCIRP
A man in Texas kept showing up drunk, despite not drinking alcohol. His wife, a nurse, started testing him with a breathalyzer, and he was frequently over the legal limit.
It turned out he was brewing beer in his stomach, and not on purpose! It was all due to a yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which had been growing in his stomach ever since a course of antibiotics in 2004 killed off his "healthy" gut bacteria. The yeast would ferment any starchy foods that he ate, giving him a nice postprandial mellow feeling!
I can see this being brought up as a drunk driving defense....but they will need proof!
Man Gets Drunk On Food - Without A Drop Of Alcohol, Doctors Say
Here is the scientific paper:
Conferences, Proceedings, Journals, Open Access Journals, SCIRP