Thats part of it, but the real problem is people who cant have a glass of wine without feeling bad internally as far as nausea, a faster heart rate and the headache, Lee says
In fact, for the last decade, Ive been taking Zantac before every occasion where I knew Id be having more than one drink
But Asians in the West live in a different context as minorities, where turning red can make you stick out like a sore thumb
It sucks when people start joking with you, acting like youre a child or that youre incompetent because you cant hold your drink, one 28-year-old Asian-American man, Alex, tells me
We wanted to make a product that works for us, Asian Americans, she says
A veteran of analyzing and funding startups, Basileo joined the Redee team based on Lees business plan and her own nightmare stories as an Asian drinker