Extreme Microbe Brewing: the Curse of Auto-Brewery Syndrome

An anonymous reader writes with a story excerpt that may inspire envy in some readers: "Most beer guts are the result of consuming fermented brew, but a new case study describes a rare syndrome that had one man's gut fermenting brew, not consuming it. It's called gut fermentation syndrome or auto-brewery syndrome, and it's 'a relatively unknown phenomenon in Western medicine' according to a study published in July's International Journal of Clinical Medicine. 'Only a few cases have been reported in the last three decades' according to Dr. Barbara Cordell, the dean of nursing at Panola College in Carthage, Texas, and Dr. Justin McCarthy, a Lubbock gastroenterologist, the study's authors." (More at NPR.)

Re:Beer bellies not related to beer

[cervesaebraciator]

When living in Austria, I was introduced to a more accurate term for the beer gut: Backhendlfriedhof, i.e. fried-chicken graveyard.

Re:guess..

[Hognoxious]

The solution is obvious. Do capelin go better with white wine or red?

Re:Eating beetle larvae for protein? No, to get dr

[Anonymous Coward]

Bonus: This theory explains those crazy emails they keep sending me.

Re:Beer bellies not related to beer

[Anonymous Coward]

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You spelled "GET OFF MY LAWN" wrong.