body makes its own blood alcohol?

ref:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_gad_gasil4of2003.pdf

On the middle of page 3 of the document it states:


The human body manufactures its own alcohol, and it is possible for the level
of that self-manufactured’ alcohol to almost reach that 20 milligram level,
so it would be prudent for anyone who is subject to the Act to think of the
permitted level as equating to no consumed alcohol at all. It may be worth
pointing out to those planning on flying abroad that other states may have an
even lower limit.


Has any of you heard of such a thing? How does the 20 milligram level compare
with blood alcohol measurements in the US?

Jose

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(Teacherjh) wrote in
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The human body manufactures its own alcohol, and it is possible for
the level of that self-manufactured’ alcohol to almost reach that 20
milligram level,

I'm familiar with this post-mortem. It turns out a LOT of old NTSB reports
are in error because they list alcohol as a causal factor in crashes where
the body was not recovered for several days.

Pre-mortem, while it is certainly the case that lots of bacteria do the job
of turning (blood) sugar into alcohol, I am not aware of any that do so in
a living body in any great quantity.

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James M. Knox
TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331
Austin, Tx 78721
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"James M. Knox" wrote in message
...
| (Teacherjh) wrote in
| :
|
|
| The human body manufactures its own alcohol, and it is possible for
| the level of that self-manufactured’ alcohol to almost reach that 20
| milligram level,
|
| I'm familiar with this post-mortem. It turns out a LOT of old NTSB
reports
| are in error because they list alcohol as a causal factor in crashes where
| the body was not recovered for several days.
|
| Pre-mortem, while it is certainly the case that lots of bacteria do the
job
| of turning (blood) sugar into alcohol, I am not aware of any that do so in
| a living body in any great quantity.

IIRC there was a case several years ago of a Japanese man who appeared to
have a serious drinking problem even though he claimed he never consumed
alcohol. Even complete isolation could not sober him up. Turned out he had
an extremely rare (possibly unique) yeast infection in his stomach that was
producing alcohol.

In article ,
"James M. Knox" wrote:

(Teacherjh) wrote in
:


The human body manufactures its own alcohol, and it is possible for
the level of that self-manufactured’ alcohol to almost reach that 20
milligram level,

I'm familiar with this post-mortem. It turns out a LOT of old NTSB reports
are in error because they list alcohol as a causal factor in crashes where
the body was not recovered for several days.

Pre-mortem, while it is certainly the case that lots of bacteria do the job
of turning (blood) sugar into alcohol, I am not aware of any that do so in
a living body in any great quantity.

-----------------------------------------------
James M. Knox
TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331
Austin, Tx 78721
-----------------------------------------------


This kind of thing (auto-fermentation) made the rounds as an email
'study' at the University of Michigan hospital...

It is pretty much drivel when it comes to the living organism as listed
above