Scientists have confirmed in the largest study of its kind that bacteria, not fungi, are the major culprit in auto-brewery ...
Many animals, including humans, have developed a taste for alcohol in some form, but excessive consumption often leads to adverse health effects. One exception is the Oriental hornet. According to a ...
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Drunk from pizza? Rare ‘auto-brewery syndrome’ turns carbs into alcohol
Fecal transplants could stop the gut microbes and metabolic pathways that turn patients’ intestines into booze factories In A ...
Alcohol consumption among non-human animals may not be as rare as previously thought, say ecologists
Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving 'drunk' after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists now challenge this ...
Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...
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Alcohol-free drinks may reduce harm, if marketing loopholes stop
The BMJ review warns that unregulated alcohol-free drinks may widen inequalities and undermine effective alcohol control, ...
Source: Julia Casorso, used with permission. Anecdotes from around the world describe wild animals—everything from wasps to songbirds to baboons—acting drunk after feeding on fermented fruits. But ...
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