Alcohol flush warns of deadly vascular disease: Stanford study | New York Post
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If you’ve knocked back a few and feel a warm flush creep up your face and ears, you’re not alone.
While often thought of as annoying rather than dangerous, alcohol flush may be a sign of something more serious brewing beneath the surface, a new study suggests.
Roughly 8% of the global population experiences the drunken sensation, mostly in East and Southeast Asian demographics, which has been previously dubbed “Asian glow.” But it’s more than just a nuisance on a night out — the flush is caused by an inherited, genetic hiccup. Those with the gene variant ALDH2*2 are deficient in the ALDH2 enzyme, which is responsible for metabolizing alcohol.
Researchers from Stanford Medicine analyzed what exactly occurs when someone experiences alcohol flushing, making the...
