How does eating before drinking alcohol lessen the effects the next day?

Question

So I work where you we get breathalysed every day prior to work. People generally “blow numbers” on the breathalyser in the morning if they don’t eat the night before when they drink the same amount of standard drinks as not eating. From what I’ve read, eating slows the absorption of alcohol. If that is true then would alcohol not be processed quicker when not eating vs eating?

In: Biology

Answer 1

As i understand it, the alcohol get soked in into food and that way it is less absorbed into what ever it is absorbed in