Alcohol tolerance
Sir,—Mr Keith Evans is reported as saying that comments of alcohoT intolerance among Japanese are a slur on their character. This is a misconception. Among Caucasians, one , in / , 20 .-livers fails to secrete a . • secondary, enzyme to metabolise alcohdh A qouple of drinks does not make us “merry” or “high,”-,, just-very sick, similar to a ’mi- " graine attack. Among/Orientals,'?, the rate is higher. This is nota slur:, on our character, just a ' health condition->we have Mo learn to live with.;— Yours, etc., ’•B. BLY. R •>’ July 27, 1989.-si, ■ ?/• ■■ ■
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