Woman Denied Liver Transplant Due to Alcoholism—but She Hadn’t Had a Drop to Drink

High-Carb Experiment

Tom went to the same doctors that treated the person in Ohio with his disorder. To confirm that Tom was suffering from auto-brewery syndrome, they asked that he eat a carb-heavy meal in order to check whether his blood alcohol levels spiked. Eight hours later, Tom was technically drunk, all from eating carbohydrates.

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