If you are on a low-carb diet and plan to drink at a New Year's party, here's some advice you may not hear often: Eat carbs.
The fact is that on a low-carb diet, you are intentionally depleting glycogen and since that high-priority nutrient isn't there, alcohol metabolism will speed up. According to Carb Manager, on a low-carb diet, you might find yourself drunk on half as much alcohol.
So it is best to eat all those carbs you haven't enjoyed for a while before a New Year's Eve party. Eat some bread and pasta before the party. Yes, you won't be in fat-burning mode any more, and, yes, you will be officially off your diet. But chances are that you won't unwittingly get too drunk too fast.
No one should drink on an empty stomach
If you plan to drink, make sure you eat a good dinner that includes bread, pasta, beans, or other carbohydrate-dense foods.
A standard drink has about 14 grams of alcohol. That equals a small glass of wine, a regular beer, or 1.5 ounces of spirits.
Every person's body absorbs that standard drink in a different way, depending on body size and age, with people who larger and older absorbing it slowest.
That means young and small people feel the alcohol quickest. That can be dangerous.
Food slows down the absorption of alcohol. Alcohol quickly moves from your mouth to nearly every part of the body. The stomach, bloodstream, liver, kidneys, brain, lungs and skin are all affected by alcohol, according to Healthline.
About 20 percent of a alcoholic drink is absorbed by the stomach into the blood. The rest goes to the small intestine, where food makes the biggest difference and can slow down absorption.
