Today's post is further proof that at times fact truly is stranger than fiction. An upstate New York woman was pulled over and cited for DUI after blowing 4 times the legal limit,though she claimed to have not been drinking. Her lawyer went to work on her case and had her tested for a rare condition known as auto brewery syndrome where the digestive system makes alcohol out of ordinary foods. In this woman's case she had a high level of yeast in her intestines which combined with carbohydrates to produce alcohol. She was hospitalized and tested for a 24 hour period where she continued to test positive for high alcohol levels. Now for those of you thinking this might help you out of a jam,it only works if you are unaware of the condition. Once you are are diagnosed and put on a special diet you can drive without restrictions. Still it seems odd that she didn't notice that she was drunk,even without having a drink. I mean she had to have felt different...I guess not though if she had literally been walking around drunk for who knows how long?
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