On: How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk

[ch4s3]

Not only that, but ingesting large amounts of live yeast can (does)cause explosive gastrointestinal results. A problem familiar to any home brewer that has consumed especially yeasty young beer.

[AUmrysh → ch4s3]

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.

[pavel_lishin → AUmrysh]

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

[ch4s3 → AUmrysh]

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.

[polarix → AUmrysh]

Why is taking antibiotics relevant to this effect?

[WalterSear → polarix]

Kill off competitive gut flora, making ecological room.