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I wonder if / how often that same mutation occurs in Caucasians / Westerners... My mom goes very red after not much booze, and I do to a certain extent also.

I often get a immediate headaches and flushing when drinking wine, prosecco, beer etc etc. For ages I thought it might be asian flush, but now I think it is more likely some sort of reaction to sulfites or histamines, especially since spirits have little or no effect on me (besides, you know, getting drunk...)

Hmm, interesting. My Mom doesn't drink very often, but when she does she gets pretty close to beet red -- more intense than any of the people in the video. I don't think that hers is tied to any particular sort of alcohol; I've seen it happen with beer, wines, and cocktails.

Mine is sporadic, and less intense than any of the people in the video. Sporadic enough and I don't drink often enough to have a feeling for whether or not it might be associated with any particular sort of alcohol. So if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that my Mom's reaction is more likely to be asian flush than mine; but on the other hand since both of our reactions are probably genetically related (due to our shared genes), maybe neither of them is asian flush. I dunno.

Some quick googling definitely suggests that caucasians can have "asian flush" also, just at proportionally lower rates. I don't lose any sleep over it (don't drink often enough), but it is still interesting.

Man the VOX is just churning out quality again and again.

Apart from the asian flush, moderate alcohol consumption can cause blood vessel dilation and I wouldn't be surprised if that's a factor for those of us with very fair skin.

Acetaldehyde isn't Asset-al-dehyde, it's assa-tal-dehyde.

What annoys me is she pronounces acetate fine a few seconds later.

It's like when people pronounce hyperbole "hyper-bowl" instead of "high-per-bow-lee". Makes me want to kill them.