A woman kept getting drunk despite not drinking. Fungi in her gut were brewing their own alcohol.
www.livescience.com
A woman kept mysteriously getting drunk despite not consuming alcohol. Turns out, a rare condition called "auto-brewery syndrome" was to blame.
  • tabris@lemmy.world
    3·
    17 days ago

    I remember a guy on Reddit asking if boofing yeast would induce this, as he wanted to be drunk all the time but didn’t like how expensive alcohol was. I wonder if he ever achieved his goal.

    • DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      I remember a post about a nightmare of a roommate who successfully induced ABS via boofed yeast, and the hell that ensued. Said roommate had a history of various hard drug abuse. I wonder if they’re related.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 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).