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To: OneLoyalAmerican
BTW, through natural selection, no humans are allergic to beer.

Sounds nice, but I'm afraid it's false. First, there is alcohol intolerance, which is nasty if not actually harmful. Skin flushes, mucous membranes go into overdrive, which causes itching, flushing, runny nose, leaky rear, and even more graphic and off-putting symptoms.

Since I know that you'll point out that isn't a histamine reaction, aka a true allergy, it should be noted that allergies to yeast are not uncommon, and yes Virginia the yeast in beer will cause a reaction. As will the much rarer allergies to graminea (barley), and humulus, hops.

171 posted on 06/23/2011 2:14:20 AM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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To: Melas

Greetings Melas:

Anaphylaxis.

Cheers,
OLA


187 posted on 06/23/2011 2:37:38 AM PDT by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others provide citations.)
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