Texas man’s ‘beer gut’ turns food into alcohol due to rare auto-brewery syndrome

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

wow

Texas man’s ‘beer gut’ turns food into alcohol due to rare auto-brewery syndrome

The man, whose wife suspected he was a secret boozer, has been placed on a low-carb diet after it was discovered that excess brewer’s yeast in his stomach sparked a chemical reaction that caused fermentation if he ate starch.

A teetotalling Texan whose family thought he was addicted to booze was in fact suffering from a rare disease where his stomach turns the food he eats into beer.

Too much brewer's yeast in the 61-year-old's gut meant that whenever he ate starch, it sparked a chemical reaction leading to fermentation.

The man — dubbed "the human brewery" — ended up getting totally tanked without even touching a drop of alcohol.

His condition was discovered only after he stumbled into a hospital, complaining of dizziness.

Doctors initially laughed when he, despite clocking in at more than five times the drunken driving limit, said he hadn't drunk a thing.

Tests later revealed his stomach effectively brews beer. The news stunned his wife, who thought he was sneaking drinks into his day.

He would get drunk out of the blue," said Barbara Cordell, dean of nursing at Panola College in Texas.

"On a Sunday morning after being at church, or really, just any time. His wife was so dismayed about it that she even bought a Breathalyzer," she added.

The man is now on a low-carb diet and antifungal drugs in a bid to keep his alcohol levels down.

His bizarre case came to light after Cordell co-authored a report about auto-brewery syndrome for the July edition of the International Journal of Clinical Medicine.

"A Case Study of Gut Fermentation Syndrome (Auto-Brewery) with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the Causative Organism" explores possible medical treatment of the condition.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-beer-gut-turns-food-alcohol-due-rare-auto-brewery-syndrome-article-1.1462216#ixzz2g89F4z5w

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

bonus points if it was german beer

[Darnell 8,478]

I saw this one on the news. He gots some yeast killer into his system, he'll be ok.

[Shiobhan 235]

He must have a big gut