Survival of the Sickest

Favism

• GGPD deficiency
• Ingest fava beans -> breaks down red blood cells
• XX chromosome (women) are more likely to survive

Free Radicals from sugars

• robbers which are deficient in energy
• unpaired electrons
• destroy
• snatch energy

Hydrogen peroxide

• produced by vicine & covince

Men (prevention from malaria)

• sickle cell anemia
• hairy (can detect mosquito)
• GGPD mutation

Casava

• cynide (kills you)

Nightshade

• capsasen (irritating neurons: pain signal in mouth)

Jimson weed

• hallucinogen

Supertaster

• Can detect poison (bitter)