How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk

Re:How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk by AUmrysh on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:06AM (#7646508)

If you get yeast in your intestines and you're taking antibiotics, you can get what's called Auto-Brewery Syndrome. The yeast in your intestines starts to ferment sugars and you get drunk all the time.

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Re:How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk by pavel_lishin on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:31AM (#7646678)

How do antibiotics cause this? Do they kill off some of the intestinal flora that would normally digest the sugars?

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Re:How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk by ch4s3 on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:31AM (#7646687)

Funny that you mention that. I sit 1 desk over from a doctor who brought that up as I was writing my earlier comment. We all had a good laugh.

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Re:How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk by polarix on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:32AM (#7646697)

Why is taking antibiotics relevant to this effect?

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Re:How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk by WalterSear on Friday April 25, 2014 @11:11AM (#7646993)

Kill off competitive gut flora, making ecological room.

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