III: Toxicology:
All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and
I'll get back to killing you with beer. -- Homer Simpson
As opposed to mushrooms which are only sometimes
poisonous, the vast majority of beer plants are mildly poisonous.
Consuming the nectar can cause various effects when ingested, and like
mushrooms long term use can result in waking up one day and finding
out you have developed an adverse reaction to them.
The primary effect of imbibing cervezos nectar is depression
and a sometimes lethal lack of inhibition or in habitation for those
who find themself waking up on a moter-home roof 200 miles from home.
Though not common, it is not unknown for an organism to become very
sick from too much of the nectar. Some animals have differing
tolerances, such as hamsters, which have a tolerance 50 times that of
humans (relative to body mass). Elephants and all primates are known
to seek out the nectar of beer plants once they have been exposed to
its effects.
There are reported cases of medical treatment being necessary, and
sometimes the excessive intake of cervezos can be fatal. Long
term consumption can lead to a dependence that can be harder to break
than heroin.
If you intend to partake of your harvest in one sitting please
remember the following points:
* Drink a glass of milk before starting. This retards the
absoption of the poisons and protects your stomach against irritations.
* Eat before drinking. Foods, especially starchy ones, help absorb
some of the toxic effects and aids in the break down of the nectar.
* Limit yourself to less than one plant per hour.
* Drink a glass of water (dihidro monoxide or H2O) between each
cervezos.
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