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someone just told me....
SomethingCreative
Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,353
that asians get drunk faster than everyone else because of some genetic thing....I guess I get drunk 25% faster than all my friends
cheers!
cheers!
"Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
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uhhh sort of...I don't get the headache part (unless i drink too much of course) but I do get pretty damn red my or so my friend is telling me
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
Weird...maybe I'm part native or asian, I've never been able to handle alcohol well at all...
Peace
:-p
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
could be the fact that she weighs 100 lbs...
Esther's here and she's sick?
hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
I really only drink probably about 4-5 times a month. But last weekend. I drank from Sun-up to Sun-up
See I never turn red though.
i've heard it for both, but if i am not mistaken....don't native americans have some asian lineage in them? i could be wrong, but given how asians crossed what, the bering strait all so long ago, etc...it would make sense. and i've had a few asian friends tell me the same too in regards to alcohol. it IS interesting, that's for sure. then again, i don't think it unusual for differing people to have differing traits. don't african americans have a higher rate of sickle cell anemia? i think scientists are STILL trying to to figure that one out.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
"Alcohol flush reaction is a condition where the body cannot break down ingested alcohol completely, due to a missense polymorphism that encodes the enzyme, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) [1], normally responsible for breaking down acetaldehyde, a product of the metabolism of alcohol.[2] Flushing, or blushing, is associated with the erythema (reddening caused by dilation of capillaries) of the face, neck, and shoulder, after consumption of alcohol.
The first step toward metabolizing alcohol is to convert it to acetaldehyde. It has been found that 50% of the Pacific Rim Asian population (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) possess an atypical alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) known as ADH2*2 that leads to rapid conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde. This atypical ADH is less frequently found in Caucasians, African Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Indians (Agarwal and Goedde, 1992). Since acetaldehyde is more toxic than alcohol, its increased accumulation causes flushing in the human body. Moreover, the normal aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), synthesized in the liver, oxidizes acetaldehyde into a carboxylic acid, acetic acid.[3] Mutant ALDH2 enzyme (known as ALDH2*2) in 45 to 53 percent of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese population, however, is only 8% as effective as the normal, wild-type enzyme (ALDH*1). This mutant allele of ALDH2 is dominant, as it interferes with the formation of a fully functional ALDH2 tetramer [4].
Approximately half of people of Asian descent are considered to be sensitive to alcohol due to this condition.[5] Flushing, after consuming one or two alcoholic beverages, includes a range of symptoms: dizziness, nausea, headaches, an increased pulse, occasional extreme drowsiness, and occasional skin swelling and itchiness. These unpleasant side effects often prevent further drinking that may lead to further inebriation, but the symptoms can lead to misassumption that the people affected are more easily inebriated than others."
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
I am SouthAsian. But I didnt mean to call myself hot.
yup.
Happy New Year!!!