We used to get hammered on over-ripe fruit...

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Lorie According to research theories we used eat mostly like fruit bats millions of years ago getting hammered sometimes dying on over-ripe fruit. Over the aeons we evolved the oxidative ADH enzymes to combat this. Interestingly non-oxidative glucuronidation sulfation resulting in EtG EtS was the only way of combatting this nutritional assault prior to ADH and was not enough or ADH would not have evolved. The highest value obtained for pulp of an individual (over-ripe) fruit was 8.1%. The mass of individual ripe fruits found on the ground averaged 27.97 g, 38% of which was pulp and 42% of which was the seed. Unripe, ripe (both hanging and fallen), and over-ripe fruits

differed significantly in puncture force (F = 220.0; df = 3,43; P < 0.0001), sugar content (F = 33.4; df = 3,43; P < 0.0001), and ethanol content (F = 13.2; df = 3,43; P < 0.0001)Sugar and ethanol content were inversely correlated when ripe and over-ripe fruits were pooled (Fig. 2). saclorie@... wrote: Help me out here, Robin. How would a lack of alcohol dehydrogenase affect EtG? I'm guessing that a person lacking this enzyme would metabolize a much higher portion of alcohol to EtG. But it still fails to explain where the alcohol is coming from in a completely abstinent person. --------- Re: Re: false positive > > > > As I read these messages regarding trying to figure > out what causes positive etg I still

believe I it was > nothing I ate or drank, or inhaled. I lost 30 lbs > trying to figure out what the cause was, I still > tested positive. I had to drop out of diversion in ca. > I am wondering if the diflucan would work. What is > funny is I used to pay for a etg test on the days i > tested with compass and the test I did would be neg > and compass would be positive. > What also amazes me is how each dec or probation > officer handles the positives, some are dismissed some > have to go to rehab. ------------