Why is alcohol is absorbed by the body much faster than food?
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Because it is liquide and it is in simple form
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When alcohol reaches the bloodstream, it is very quickly distributed throughout the body. Body tissues absorb alcohol at different rates. For example, muscle tissue absorbs alcoholmore rapidly than fat tissue. This absorptioninto muscle tissue would mean that less alcohol is circulating in the bloodstream.
Alcohol is directly absorbed through membrane walls starting with the stomach although most of it is absorbed in the duodenum (small intestine). Since it is really a very simple molecule, very little digestion needs to occur before it enters your bloodstream. From there it goes to your liver where it is broken down by NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) into energy. NAD also converts other carbs into energy, so while it is busy with the alcohol, the breakdown of glucose stops.
So, having food in your stomach will slow the absorption of the alcohol to some extent as there is less available surface area for direct absorption. However, once it get into your small intestine, it is again rapidly moved into your blood stream.
Alcohol is directly absorbed through membrane walls starting with the stomach although most of it is absorbed in the duodenum (small intestine). Since it is really a very simple molecule, very little digestion needs to occur before it enters your bloodstream. From there it goes to your liver where it is broken down by NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) into energy. NAD also converts other carbs into energy, so while it is busy with the alcohol, the breakdown of glucose stops.
So, having food in your stomach will slow the absorption of the alcohol to some extent as there is less available surface area for direct absorption. However, once it get into your small intestine, it is again rapidly moved into your blood stream.
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