Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 17:44:49

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>>> Nick wrote:
>  
>>>>>> I am a rather unwilling tee-total myself as I seem to have
>>>>>> developed an allergy to alcohol over the last few years. 
>  
>>>>> Not all alcohol, surely?  Even wheat based stuff?
>  
>>>> How about mead?
>  
>>> Yay!?
>  
>>> (I meant to type 'other than' not 'even'.)
> 
>> Please elaborate.  I have had problems with beer and tequilla. :(
>  
> Well Tequilla comes from the core of the Blue Agave, beer from grains
> like wheat, wine from grapes, rum from molasses, rye can be found in
> gin whiskey and some vodkas, and mead comes from honey.
> 
> Knowing the feedstock from which the alcohol is produced could help
> to narrow down what the reaction is coming from.
> 
> Some people have wheat allergies same as others have lactose
> intolerance. 
> 
> Modern marvels just recently ran an episode on Distilleries that
> covered a lot of this in detail.
> 

Would it be that unusual to be allergic to the alcohol itself regardless 
of where it comes from?  I eat a lot of bread and pasta so I know I am not 
allergic to wheat.

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