<p>I read the link- a worthless newspaper article without the data, not exactly a good source for proving/disproving the statement. Would need a much better source to evaluate the statement.</p>
<p>native americans and asians have common ancestry.
in some asians and to a lesser degree in native americans a flushing syndrome probably deters some from drinking alcohol or from having more than one drink.
However neither Asians or Native Americans have shown immunity to other addictions.
[Alcohol</a> and Minorities](<a href=“http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/alerts/l/blnaa23.htm]Alcohol”>Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder)</p>
<p>The cholera map book makes the point that populations that have lived with cholera have developed the alcohol processing/toleration genes. Perhaps Asians and American Indians have had better public health practices over the eons.</p>
<p>“Perhaps Asians … have had better public health practices over the eons.”</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Remember Bird Flu?</p>
<p>This study is very misleading.</p>
<p>It simply states that higher IQ individuals in the UK tend to drink more frequently than lower IQ individuals. That is hardly a surprise. Higher IQ strongly correlates with higher income and social status. In the UK especially, higher income individuals will drink socially more regularly than lower income individuals who mostly drink on weekends. They will go out more often during the week, and may drink wine at dinner. Hardly surprising!</p>
<p>It does not say that higher IQ individuals abuse alcohol more often. Studies on a near identical cohort show actually the opposite: lower IQ is highly correlated with excessive drinking and the frequency of hangovers.
[Childhood</a> IQ and life course socioeconomic position in relation to alcohol induced hangovers in adulthood: the Aberdeen children of the 1950s study – Batty et al. 60 (10): 872 – Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health](<a href=“http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/60/10/872]Childhood”>http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/60/10/872)</p>
<p>So, higher IQ individuals tend to be more frequent drinkers but are also more moderate drinkers and are much less likely to be binge drinking.<br>
I drink two glasses of wine every every evening with dinner. Under this study I would be classified as an alcohol abuser. Joe Six-pack playing Edward 40-hands twice a month with his buddies would not.</p>
<p>Perhaps Asians and American Indians have had better public health practices over the eons.</p>
<p>…wut? </p>
<p>the first place cholera was reported was Goa, India in 1563</p>
<p>
[Vibrio</a> cholerae](<a href=“http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/cholera.html]Vibrio”>Vibrio cholerae)</p>
<p>alcohol intolerance must be attached to something else.</p>
<p>I believe it. </p>
<p>My bros and I are all super smart hard science majors and many of us get drunk more nights than not.</p>
<p>Alcohol makes life more fun.
Everyone who wants to be a somebody in the social world is getting drunk or hanging out with the people who get drunk all the time. </p>
<p>I’m serious.
If you don’t think so, you’re either
a.) not drinking alcohol the correct way
OR
b.) not intelligent enough to realize that alcohol is making your life more baller!</p>
<p>As a recovering alcoholic for decades, now, I can assure you that we have ALL varieties of people in AA, high IQ, low IQ, all races, sexes, sexual orientations, careers, avocations, vocations…everyone is represented. We have 100% diversity! ;)</p>
<p>Access to alcohol in the UK is much easier than in the US for young people…they do not have to wait for college or resort to fake id’s. As long as you look 18 you get to drink…usually that means you are 16. So it’s not because you go to college that you drink. Parents can allow their kids to drink at home without a problem…not saying right or wrong…but the rules/laws are just different.</p>
<p>There is just a much bigger drinking culture here for ALL social classes in all areas of the country. Work functions involve drinking. Then there are post work drinks, weekend drinks. In the major cities, people commute by train/bus - therefore no need to be wary of drink driving. The supermarkets sell alcohol as loss leaders. Town centers have fought back against out of town malls by having bar after bar lined up next to each other.</p>
<p>I live in Clapham, SW London, a neighbourhood populated by young university educated professionals. Last night, upon leaving a bar where I was watching a band with friends, I had to negotiate Clapham High Street at midnight whilst looking for a cab. It was bedlam, drunk people staggering everywhere, women dressed like, well, you can imagine, piles of vomit everywhere. This is just a regular Saturday night.</p>
<p>Thi was talked about here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1091305-smarter-you-more-you-drink.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1091305-smarter-you-more-you-drink.html?</a>
Agree with post # 25</p>
<p>
Wow, just had a flash of a passage from “Catch 22”.</p>
<p>
OR
c.) not intelligent enough to realize how to drink alcohol the correct way</p>
<p>Studies show that people with ADHD and ADD tend to have higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse and ADHD and ADD tend to run higher in intelligent people. As one very smart friend told me, “the alcohol helps slow my thoughts and ideas down so I can focus.” This is someone who would not be diagnosed with ADHD, but has a lot of the traits. Why would he not be diagnosed? He was always able to “pull it off”, whatever it was. He was also very mature for his age and he didn’t bounce off of the walls.</p>