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the central culprit is
the alcohol from the malted barley; however,
the combination of grain carbs and alcohol (as
in beer and Scotch) and the addition of
carbonation (in beer) work together to produce
their synergy of troublesomeness.

Quoted from pkarmeier

And what does "Flocculates serum or precipitates serum proteins" mean?  

Quoted from Dr. D

Flocculation is the process by which serum antibodies come out of solution and precipitate; similiar to when making 'rock candy,' the sugar comes out of solution and latches on to the string.

Flocculation is a clear sign of an antibody reaction. Most of the flocculation I report results from avoids reacting with anti-blood type antibodies.

Most flocculation reactions are 'anomalous', in that they require the presence of a primary high-affinity, non-precipitating antibody (which may or may not be blood type specific; more usually bacterial-induced) that must be saturated with the food antigen before the remaining 'conventional' (blood type specific) antibodies bind and precipitate the additional antigen.

'Flocculate' is an old Greek word, meaning to produce white cloud-like tuffs in solution.

Often these antibody/antigen complexes (or 'Immune Complexes') activate other latent parts of the immune system, and which can result in inflammation and auto-immune disease. This is often done by stimulating the body's complement system.

Flocculates serum or precipitates serum
http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/PSP/labtests/precip.htm
It makes the IgM antibodies found in your blood type clump up and come out of solution (precipitate)

Quoted from outdoordrea

As with most avoids, beer gives me constipation.

Quoted from outdoordrea

When I was in Ireland, and I drank Guinness there, it actually helped me to go; but the beer they serve there is unpasteurized. You can't get unpasteurized beer here (as far as I know), unless you make it yourself. I suggest Polyflora A instead of beer for his constipation.

Quoted from outdoordrea

Bloated is a good way to put it. Beer does that to me as well. Unfortunately, I really like a good stout, so once in a great while I will indulge; even though I know what will happen.

Quoted from JamieB

I dont seem to have issues with beer and thats good because me and my boyfriend really love it, he is a AB secretor. But Im wondering if I should give it up since I went grain free to try and control my weight as well as my hypothyroidism, but I havent given up beer. It is something to think about and maybe my digestion will even out too. We will see, it might take me some time to decide. I wonder what any of you think.

Quoted from pkarmeier

Drea, how much Polyflora a day would you recommend for constipation?