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secretors/non-

I just started learning about ER4YT and I’m wondering what the
difference between secretors and non-secretors is?
Julie

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  1. Odis Johns Says:
    July 5th, 2005 at 5:41 am

    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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