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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Skippy wrote: |
The Koreans are genetically superior to us - they have no arm hair and now they have no peanut allergies
Now that we're talking about it why do Koreans have little or no arm hair and not much facial hair? I bet if you asked a Korean the answer they gave would be different from a scientific answer. Now i'm curious. |
Hehe my Chinese best friend used to tease me, saying that she was more evolved because she had less hair.
I used to tease her, saying I was more evolved because I had to have my wisdom teeth removed, while hers fit.
Who knows? |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
Peanut allergies is rare among Asians, and almost unheard of in SE Asia where in some countries peanut oil is almost universally used in cooking.
Based on my non-scientific opinion, it's mostly about exposure. Many North American kids are raised in a too clean environment and don't build up an immunity to many elements. |
BINGO. We have a winner.
Lots of parents don't give their babies peanut butter because they are scared the kid is allergic to it. IMO that is the BEST time to give it to the kid. They have super antibodies to kill most things and can make an immunity to peanuts.
When I was a baby I'd eat peanut butter like it was my mom's milk. (Or so my mom tells me...) This could be why I love the stuff so much even now.
I also think all this paranoia is causing us to become weaker as a race. |
When my mom was pregnant with my little sister, she craved peanut butter like there was no other food in the world.
With me, however, she craved watermelon, but always had trouble getting it out of the shopping cart, with her me-filled belly in the way. The store clerks always used to laughingly help her.
But I digress: let your kids play in the mud. Let them put their toys in their mouths. It builds immunity. When one of us (sister and I) was sick, my mom made the other catch it. This is why I was hardly ever sick until coming here, where I experienced new strains of things that I'd never been exposed to.
That same Chinese friend back home was allergic to peanuts, oranges, and milk. If she'd been raised here, it'd probably only be milk.
1 in 3 Asians are allergic to alcohol. You'd think a people with this kind of problem wouldn't be so drink-friendly! |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal wrote: |
| 1 in 3 Asians are allergic to alcohol. You'd think a people with this kind of problem wouldn't be so drink-friendly! |
Not sure if it's really an allergy. And if it is, it's not life threatening and doesn't effect someones drinking habit, otherwise a few of my co-teachers would be dead now. |
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djswayde
Joined: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| One of my Korean friends (Korean born gyopo) has a peanut allergy as well as a seafood allergy (it would suck for him to teach in Korea). My Japanese friend and his brother also have peanut allergies. So I don't think it's very uncommon amongst East Asians, but I may have just chosen an unlucky bunch of friends. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:12 am Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| NYC_Gal wrote: |
| 1 in 3 Asians are allergic to alcohol. You'd think a people with this kind of problem wouldn't be so drink-friendly! |
Not sure if it's really an allergy. And if it is, it's not life threatening and doesn't effect someones drinking habit, otherwise a few of my co-teachers would be dead now. |
You're right. I used the incorrect term. It's a flush reaction. Usually, when I turn red from something, it's an allergic reaction. The aforementioned Chinese friend back home's sister has this, and she also called it an allergy, so I never questioned it. Here's some info on it:
http://www.physorg.com/news183153307.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| Peanut allergies have, for unknown reasons, become increasingly more common in N. America. I believe around 1% of the population has them now. |
And it can be quite deadly. This happened the other day:
http://cbs2.com/local/Teen.dies.Chino.2.1689075.html
A Chino Hills community is mourning the tragic death of a teen who died from an allergy.
Friends and family of Yla Aquino gathered Tuesday night to remember the 17-year-old who died after accidentally eating peanut butter on prom night.
Fellow students shared stories about Aquino while her father talked about his loss with the large emotional group.
"This is the first time in my life that I cry and cry and cry," Aquino's father said.
Aquino was a junior at Chino Hills High School and school staff members say she was considered a shining example on campus. |
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