Threatdown : Apr10,2009
Threatdown : Apr10,2009
April 7th, 2009This week you will mainly die from...
A Red Face
We all get it, that embarrassing red hue that shows we have had one cocktail too many. Well you can forget antihistamines or even abstinence to counter the infamous Asian glow. Your flush is not just the result of the booze and certainly not a reason for your white friends to point and laugh. In fact, it could be a deadly sign. Researchers discovered it is the result of an inherited deficiency in the enzyme ALDH2 (more than a third of Asians suffer from this) and that people with this problem who drink two beers or more a day are six to ten times more likely to get esophageal (throat) cancer. That kind of news is enough to drive you to drink.






