Did you know?
Your gut can brew its own alcohol
In auto-brewery syndrome, yeasts or bacteria in the gut ferment carbohydrates into ethanol. People can become drunk without drinking. They often deny alcohol and eat a diet high in sugar or carbohydrate. It is more common with diabetes, obesity and Crohn disease, but can happen in healthy people. Cases have even been described in the mouth and the bladder. It is probably underdiagnosed.
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Painter K, Cordell BJ, Sticco KL. Auto-Brewery Syndrome. StatPearls (NCBI Bookshelf)S