40% of Koreans are endangered by alcohol

mixed drinks sit on a hotel bar in San Francisco. Government researchers say “deplorably” few college students are warned by doctors about dangers from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to cut down or abstain, according to a study published Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in JAMA Pediatrics. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

A new study warns Koreans of excessive drinking, as the study claims that 4 out of 10 South Korean are endangered by small amounts of alcohol.

Kang Bo Song, Emergency medicine professor in Han Yang Gori University hospital, said that 40% of East Asians including Korean, Chinese and Japanese, suffer from face-redness, nausea, and headaches after having alcohol, no matter how small the amount is.

He also noted that Westerners have different reactions to alcohol. Adding that people who get tired after having small amounts of alcohol shouldn’t drink it afterwards.

Kang rebutted the report that was issued lately by Korean researchers where they said that drinking 3 to 4 cups of soju daily reduces the risk of strokes among men.

He pointed that people from East Asia have genetic abilities to overcome the influence of alcohol by a half to one-tenth, compared to westerners, which makes it even more dangerous for East Asians to handle alcohol.

Kang had previously published the results of his research in the American Academy of Neurology journal.