Can drinking alcohol on empty stomach cause you to get drunk faster?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

"On an empty stomach, blood alcohol concentration peaks about one hour after consumption, depending on the amount drunk; it then declines in a more or less linear manner for the next four hours. Alcohol is removed from the blood at a rate of about 3.3 mmol/hour (15 mg/100 ml/hour), but this varies in different people, on different drinking occasions, and with the amount of alcohol drunk.

Rate of absorption of alcohol depends on several factors. It is quickest, for example, when alcohol is drunk on an empty stomach and the concentration of alcohol is 20-30%. Thus, sherry, with an alcohol concentration of about 20% increases the levels of alcohol in blood more rapidly than beer (3-8%), while spirits (40%) delay gastric emptying and inhibit absorption. Drinks aerated with carbon dioxide�for example, whiskey and soda, and champagne�get into the system quicker. Food, and particularly carbohydrate, retards absorption: blood concentrations may not reach a quarter of those achieved on an empty stomach. The pleasurable effects of alcohol are best achieved with a meal or when alcohol is drunk diluted, in the case of spirits."(from the bmj.com website)

AnswerFoods help absorb the alcohol so the content isn't as strong when it filters through the liver.It is also not a good idea to drink on a empty stomach because the alcohol tears up the stomach lining. Eating even a sandwich before drinking can help immensely, the bread absorbs liquids like a sponge. AnswerABout 80% of the alcohol absorbed into the body is through the small intestine while 20% is through the stomach. A guess to why is probably because the surface area in contact with the alcohol containing drink is simply greater in the small intestine than the stomach. Also, the small intestine is DESIGNED to extract chemicals from food and deliver them to the bloodstream whereas the stomach is designed to break down food. Absorption into the stomach is not a primary function of the stomach.

WHen food is placed into the stomach, the stomach closes it's bottom opening into the small intestine to hold the food until it can break it down into a mostly liquid form to be passed into the small intestine to be absorbed. WHen you drink on an empty stomach, the stomach has no reason to remain closed to the liquid so it quickly opens up and passes the drink on to the small intestine to be absorbed. Putting food in forces the stomach to hold that liquid in the stomach longer and that's why the person doesn't get drunk as quick.

What is interesting is that the type of food doesn;t matter.

Answer 3

Yes, but the trick is to limit how much you drink. You don't need to be drunk to have a good time - have one drink and enjoy the flavor, then give it an hour or two to be absorbed by your body before you have another one.

Answer 4

Have something light in your stomach. A little snack perhaps.