When Your Gut Turns Into a Brewery.

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Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS), or Gut Fermentation Syndrome, is an uncommon condition where a person becomes intoxicated without drinking alcohol. This happens when certain microbes in the digestive system, especially yeasts like Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ferment sugars from food and turn them into ethanol right inside the gut.

Everyone has a mix of microbes in their intestines, and some naturally produce trace amounts of alcohol. Normally, the liver clears it before it causes any issues. But in ABS, ethanol is produced faster than the body can break it down, leading to a rise in blood alcohol levels and symptoms of drunkenness.

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Informative.

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Interesting

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New thing heard

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This is very intersting, who knew this could be possible!

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As the liver typically eliminates away relatively small quantities of ethanol, here I’m concerned about the circumstances that lead it to feel swamped in ABS scenarios. Can diet or medications serve a role?

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It’s strange to think your own gut could brew alcohol and make you feel drunk without a single sip.

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It’s nice

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Informative.

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Interesting, Thanks for sharing! :+1:t2: