Found it, it's called Asian Flush: http://www.wisegeek.com/do-people-of-asian-descent-have-difficulty-metabolizing-alcohol.htm
Applies to saki too. . On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ding..... > And saki can be potent stuff... > On Jul 14, 2011 6:09 PM, "Maureen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Probably an allergy to grain alcohol, as they seem to tolerate rice >> based products with no problems. Lots of people can't handle grains >> and hops. >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I don't know, that's a great question for a proper scientist to >>> investigate. If you think about the path of human migration out of >>> Africa into the Middle East, then India, north into Central Asia and >>> west into East Asia, and from Central Asia to Europe across the bitter >>> cold forests of Siberia and Europe across a period of tens of >>> thousands of years, you begin to understand how Europeans came to >>> depend on alcohol for calories in the winter, and how many Asians, >>> especially in South and Southeast Asia, never had to worry about such >>> brutal winter conditions. >>> >>> Also makes you wonder when alcohol was first discovered/produced. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I read way back that something like 40 - 50% of Asians are allergic to >>>> alcohol. Is that because their ancestors didn't build up a tolerance >>>> or is that why they didn't? >>>> >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340435 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
