Many people believe that eating before drinking will allow them to drink more without becoming intoxicated. Although food in the stomach will slow the absorption of alcohol to a degree, at the end of the day you'll be just as intoxicated. It will just take a little longer.
the food in your stomach absorbs some of the effects of alcohol by keeping it out of the blood-stream
Eating before - especially starches - slows the absorption of alcohol (note I said "slows", not "stops"). During also helps. There is an old expression: "If you're going to drink - eat".
No, food in your stomach only delays the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream. A full stomach doesn't prevent the effects of alcohol or intoxication.
Now this is a personal oppinion I would eat sometin a couple hrs before drinking alcohol.
Eating before and while drinking will slow down the absorption of alcohol, so it will lower the peak blood alcohol concentration.
No, it slows the effects.
The same as after you eat steak, or chicken, or sushi, or a salad. If you drink enough, you get intoxicated.
It can slow the rate at which alcohol is absorbed by the body.
I am not a doctor, but I am a college student who drinks heavily. Eating a solid meal a few hours before a party usually makes me feel the effects slower. Although if I am drinking beer it makes me really full really fast. I try to eat something like salad and pasta. Good energy food, and filling.
The statement that eating a big meal before you drink alcohol will keep you sober is nothing less than a myth. While it makes sense to line the stomach with food before drinking alcohol, this does not prevent one from getting intoxicated.
It is healtier either way.
You need much more alcohol to get drunk. It is most cost effective to drink before (or instead of) eating. Consumption of fatty meals after excessive alcohol intake does not generally annul the effects of alcohol.
A binge.
Drinking a lot of alcohol. And probably eating a lot of food.