The difference between secretors and non-secretors...

February 14, 2002

On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 08:29 PM, Solace_2@... wrote:

> I just started learning about ER4YT and I'm wondering what the

> difference between secretors and non-secretors is?

>

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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