People are wondering why alcohol with gas is absorbed faster.
I confirm. It is absorbed faster with gas. And even just diluted with water is absorbed faster than strong in the same dose.
The trick is that alcohol is absorbed the fastest in the intestines.
Explain
Approximately 20% of alcohol is absorbed in the stomach and 80% of alcohol is absorbed in the intestine.
In the intestines, alcohol is absorbed faster because the intestines work like that.
Our stomach is able to neutralize alcohol. It has an enzyme for this. We have already discussed this matter in the topic about alcoholic liver disease.
Women have less enzyme in their stomachs than men, so they have more alcohol in their liver. Therefore, the liver in women is more easily damaged by alcohol.
Strong alcohol
So when we drink strong alcohol, this alcohol scorches the stomach lining. The stomach does not like this treatment, and it secretes a lot of mucus. The thick mucus makes the contents of the stomach solid rather than liquid.
If there was just a liquid alcoholic drink in the stomach, then it would very quickly be evacuated into the intestines and would be safely absorbed into the blood there.
But if there is a lot of mucus in the stomach, then such a mixture of mucus with alcohol lasts longer and does not leak into the intestines. During this time, an enzyme is released from the stomach wall that destroys alcohol. Therefore, less alcohol will enter the intestines.
Diluted alcohol
Diluted alcohol scalds the wall of the stomach less, so the stomach secretes less mucus, the contents of the stomach remain liquid and quickly evacuate further into the intestines. In the intestines, alcohol is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. And the enzyme from the stomach wall has no time to destroy anything.
Carbonated alcohol
It is absorbed into the blood even faster, but no one knows exactly why this is happening. It seems that carbon dioxide stretches and tickles the stomach, which makes it faster to evacuate soda into the intestines, where alcohol is quickly absorbed.
In fact, there is little good scientific research in this area, so everything is very imprecise. Scientists are embarrassed to engage in such nonsense.
Now tell me why they get drunk less with a snack?
