Ding..... And saki can be potent stuff... On Jul 14, 2011 6:09 PM, "Maureen" <mamamaur...@gmail.com> 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 <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? >>> >> >> > >
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