Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 18:01:00

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> 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.
> 

What I've read is that it's not an allergy, but a toxic reaction to the 
chemicals produced by the breakdown of alcohol in the body.

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