Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 18:19:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:

> 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.
> 

That would make sense because it doesn't happen immediately.  It takes a 
little while.

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