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body makes its own blood alcohol?
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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 -- (for Email, make the obvious changes in my address) |
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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 |
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
Teacherjh wrote: The human body manufactures its own alcohol, and it is possible for the level of that self-manufacturedÔÇÖ alcohol to almost reach that 20 milligram level, Never heard of that before, but I will not hesitate to quote it if I encounter a Police roadblock while driving home from this year's New Years party. It won't work if they find you over the legal limit of 0.08. The body doesn't produce enough alcohol to get you up that high, and the test equipment will easily catch you. The problem comes when the government tries to reduce the amount to a lower level, such as below 0.05, since there are no reliable tests to indicate whether a person has been consuming too much alcohol, or it is the natural state of a person's chemistry. However, in these countries, it is also very easy to get above their legal limit with very little alcohol consumption, since any amount adds to the percentage already in the blood. |
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"James Robinson" wrote in message
... The problem comes when the government tries to reduce the amount to a lower level, such as below 0.05, since there are no reliable tests to indicate whether a person has been consuming too much alcohol, or it is the natural state of a person's chemistry. Can you cite any literature that suggests that a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05 (or even 0.02 as the CAA claims) is possible as "the natural state of a person's chemistry"? Julian Scarfe |
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