If alcohol is consumed along with food, how does this affect its passage into the bloodstream?

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The correct answer is that it is absorbed more slowly. When the stomach contains food, alcohol remains there longer before passing into the small intestine, where most ethyl absorption occurs. This delays its arrival into the bloodstream and causes the blood alcohol curve to rise more gradually, unlike drinking on an empty stomach where absorption is rapid and the peak effects are reached sooner. However, the total amount of alcohol in the body will be the same; only the speed of assimilation changes.

If alcohol is consumed along with food, how does this affect its passage into the bloodstream?

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