By: Odis Johns

Odis Johns — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:41:13 +0000

The Ask Dr. D’Adamo Question For 7 February 2002
SECRETORS AND NON-SECRETORS
QUESTION:
What does the term “non secretor” mean? I did a search on all the
boards, but could not determine what it means.
ANSWER:
A “Non-secretor” is someone, who through their own genetics, carries a
gene which inhibits them from secreting their ABO blood type in their
secretions. By secretions we mean saliva, semen, etc. Eighty-five
percent of the population are secretors, so non-secretors are in a
minority. If you are a secretor, you express more of your blood type in
your body. In the case of type A, where many things can mimick this
blood type, being a secretor means that the “grass is taller” so bad
guys can sometimes hide better. Being a non-secretor implies that some
design elements of their immune system are evolutionarily older.

Secretors tend to wall out bad guys and kill them outside the body.
Non-secretors prefer to let them in and kill them within the blood
stream. This is not always a wise way of doing things, and non-secretors
do suffer from a variety of conditions known to result from the systemic
spread of an infection, including mitral valve problems and kidney
disease. Non-secretors should probably get antibiotic therapy prior to
bloody or invasive dental work. I usually don’t make this recommendation
to secretorss. Perhaps what is most interesting about being a
non-secretor, is that apparently the gene is cross-linked to otherwise
unrelated genes, such as the yet undiscovered gene for alcoholism. We
know this because in two very large, well done studies, there is a
distinct link between non-secretors and family histories of alcoholism.
What makes the association even more bizarre is that non-secretors have
also been shown to be the subset of people who get the cardiovascular
benefits of wine consumption!
Cheers,
Mr. Research

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