body makes its own blood alcohol?

[Teacherjh]

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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[James M. Knox]

(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.

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[C J Campbell]

"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.

[Chris Schmelzer]

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

[James Robinson]

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.

[Julian Scarfe]

"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