Most of us only experience drunkenness - and the ensuing "rough morning" – after having had a few stiff drinks.
While the alcohol may give us a pleasant "high" at first, the hangover is a harsh reminder that our bodies do not
appreciate heavy partying all that much.
There are, however, people who experience intoxication and hangovers without drinking a significant amount of
alcohol, or even without ingesting alcohol at all.
These people have a rare condition called auto-brewery syndrome or gut fermentation syndrome, in which pure
alcohol (ethanol) is produced in a person's gut after they have eaten carbohydrate-rich foods.
An excess of Saccharomyces cerevisiae – a type of yeast – in the gut is the main culprit, which leads to the
fermentation process that produces ethanol.
However, researchers note that the spontaneously-produced alcohol would not be enough to land someone a drink-
driving charge since it would not lead to high enough levels of blood alcohol.
O texto fala sobre uma doença rara onde o portador produz em excesso.
A) () levedura de cerveja
D) () carboidrato
B)() sacarose
E) O fermento
C) ( sucralose​