😵 According to the results of a 2013 study, this combination will leave you drunker than if you'd mixed the liquor with a sugary, caloric mixer.⁠ ⁠ "Alcohol, consumed with a diet mixer, results in higher (BrAC) Breath Alcohol Concentrations as compared to the same amount of alcohol consumed with a sugar-sweetened mixer," says Cecile Marczinski, a cognitive psychologist who authored the study.⁠ ⁠ Why? Turns out that sugar slows down the absorption of alcohol from the stomach to the bloodstream.⁠ ⁠ "In other words, it is not that diet soda accelerates intoxication. Rather, the sugar in regular soda slows down the rate of alcohol absorption," explains Dennis Thombs, a professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. He published a paper with similar findings.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #dietsoda #soda #regularsoda #drinks #sugary #science #biology