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.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Beavers have transparent eyelids so they can see underwater.
  • 9% of Americans have phobias.
  • The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be "virtually certain", and believes that intelligent design "isn't science even though it pretends to be."
  • In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
Next Page →