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[Trojita]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/21/american-mans-body-brews-beer-yeast-take-gut-microbiome/

An American man started producing beer in his own gut after a fungal growth led it to produce high levels of yeast, a new study has revealed.

It describes how the 46-year-old's rare condition was only discovered after he was pulled over by police on suspicion of drink-driving.

The man, an unnamed construction worker, refused to take a breathalyser test and was subsequently arrested and hospitalised.

Tests showed he had a blood alcohol level of 200 mg/dL, equivalent to consuming around 10 alcoholic drinks.

The police and hospital staff refused to believe him when he repeatedly denied he had drunk any alcohol.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

What a blessed person..

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

He should drink milk kefir. Get that intestinal biome in shape.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

i believe it. for heavy alcoholics they are physically addicted. if you are a heavy drinker, it is dangerous to go cold turkey and cut off drinking because your body is so adapted to the alcohol. people who drink themselves into hospitalization are often discharged with the instructions that they need to pick up liquor on the way home because step by step reduction is the only safe way to do it.

 

[J-Roderton]

Thought of Bender on that one episode of Futurama.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Gettin high off his own supply

 

[Ornlu]

Blessed by Granddaddy Nurgle

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Trojita]

That's for the Joey Salads thread.

 

[VGEsoterica]

"Beer makers hate this one simple trick to get free beer"

Sounds like a pop up ad to me

 

[NickFire]

I'm not registering to read the full story. From what I gather he refuses breathalyzer, was found to have ten drinks worth of booze in him, and his defense is his body makes beer? Sounds fishy to me. But if true, what a cheap date he must be.

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[JimiNutz]

Ah so this is where Cunth disappeared to.

 

[Trojita]

I'm not registering to read the full story. From what I gather he refuses breathalyzer, was found to have ten drinks worth of booze in him, and his defense is his body makes beer? Sounds fishy to me. But if true, what a cheap date he must be.

This is the case report that this news article is based on
BMJ: Open Gastroenterology: Case report and literature review of auto-brewery syndrome: probably an underdiagnosed medical condition

It's a real thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome

More accessible articles that go into the man's backstory
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...n-could-brew-alcohol-in-his-gut/#375b31814446
https://www.today.com/health/auto-brewery-syndrome-caused-man-produce-alcohol-his-gut-act-t165325

 

[lil puff]

"Hey everyone, beer's on me!"

 

[haxan7]

Scopa

 

[plushyp]

"Hey everyone, beer's in me!"

Fixed.

 

[lil puff]

Fixed.

LOL.

I now cannot stop laughing at all the hilarious possible situations for this man.

 

[Pallas]

Definitely the new meaning for home brewery.

 

[Starlight Lotice]

It is called Auto Brewery Syndrome and happens when they eat sugar as the Yeast eat it to create the alcohol.

Seen a documentary about this.

A low sugar diet helps them greatly.

 

[Facism]

Life finds a way

 

[jts]

Just plug a tap into that son of a bitch and I guarantee some weird fucks will buy that beer at a high price.

 

[lil puff]

Just plug a tap into that son of a bitch and I guarantee some weird fucks will buy that beer at a high price.

LOL right. People will be handing him recipes for custom flavors.

'here's some lemon, ginger, one anise seed. How long for 4 six packs, we have a party tonight"

 

[Ornlu]

Just plug a tap into that son of a bitch and I guarantee some weird fucks will buy that beer at a high price.

For sure. If people eat monkey-butt coffee beans for $$$, they'll definitely drink Lad-ger

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Yeast needs sugar to produce alcohol. He could solve this issue in a week by cutting out carbs and refined sugars.

 

[Scopa]

Scopa

Lol.

This is the mountain top of human evolution. I’m in awe.

 

[triplestation]

not all heros wear capes

 

[Scopa]

not all heros wear capes

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Ah so this is where Cunth disappeared to.

Thought he was on a 3 month meditative shit, atop Mt. Killamanjaro.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Maybe if I swallow marijuana seeds, they will grow in my gut.

 

[MetalAlien]

 

[Torrent of Pork]

How the hell does the yeast survive his stomach acid?

 

[FStubbs]

How the hell does the yeast survive his stomach acid?

By living in his cecum.

 

[888]

He should drink milk kefir. Get that intestinal biome in shape.

Bro, I started making my own. Was scared shitless starting it at home but I think I got it down. Second ferments help big time, still fighting to normalize the gut issues.

 

[MaestroMike]

sometimes when i would eat a ton of fiber rich rye bread and yogurt and beans i noticed it would start smelling like beer when I hit the john i was like wtf but I guess it makes sense cuz i was eating a ton of that bread and eating a ton of fiber it gave it a chance for it to ferment i stopped eating that bread and so much beans at a time i was hitting the john way too much

 

[MaestroMike]

onions and like chili peppers and garlic are antibacterial and are good when u need to clean house within ur system u want it nice and fresh and spicy. thats why they're so popular in hot/humid countries where its hella easy for bacteria to grow

 

[H4ze]

I have seen something like this before on TV. A man could not eat any toast or bread because his body would turn it into alcohol.

Weird shit.