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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The fuck soviet-hmm

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Alcohol is basically poison and there's a lot of variation among humans globally as to how well our bodies metabolize it.

Example: the "Asian flush" is real, a large minority of people of East Asian descent have a less effective variant of a protein involved in metabolizing alcohol so drinks make affected people feel warm, uncomfortable, even flushed pretty quickly.

You might have something like this as well.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

my ancestors were white af. polish and hungarian. and hairy like a goddamn bear

its possible i have this gene but if its specific to asian people then idk how

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That particular allele is most common in SE Asia and South China but can be found in lower frequencies elsewhere. It also has impacts even when a person is heterozygous, i.e. just has one copy of the less effective protein gene.

But there are many ways to have variation in how a person metabolizes alcohol. You could even have your own fun new mutation!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

im like the xmen with the ability to sweat after drinking beer and also deformities in my urinary tract that leave me prone to infection this is awesome

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah now all you need is a hero name!

I'll start: Overheater

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

im already an overeater so ill take it

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