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 <cfmuns...@gmail.com> 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 <sammyc...@gmail.com> 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:340429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
