Lived/worked on Navajo res...they cannot metabolize ethyl.alcohol efficiently.
Several.metabolic pathways differ, low/lack of certain ethanol breakdown enzymes and elimination of or build-up of acetaldehyde differ from those of European descent.
Coupled with a "sad" existence leading to abuse/escape causes alcoholism rates to be much higher in that population.
Yep...genetics differ among races. Hell, sickle cell is another example.
Lived/worked on Navajo res...they cannot metabolize ethyl.alcohol efficiently.
Several.metabolic pathways differ, low/lack of certain ethanol breakdown enzymes and elimination of or build-up of acetaldehyde differ from those of European descent.
Coupled with a "sad" existence leading to abuse/escape causes alcoholism rates to be much higher in that population.
Yep...genetics differ among races. Hell, sickle cell is another example.