A woman kept getting drunk despite not drinking. Fungi in her gut were brewing their own alcohol.
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A woman kept mysteriously getting drunk despite not consuming alcohol. Turns out, a rare condition called "auto-brewery syndrome" was to blame.
  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    It would’ve been much easier for him to just brew his own alcohol outside of his body. Sugarwine with turbo yeast can’t be too expensive. A bag of sugar and turboyeast, less than a fiver, and you’d make some 5 gallons of ~14-18% alc sugarwine (aka kilju).