# @science on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-10T23:15:18.000+00:00
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😵 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.⁠
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"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.⁠
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Why? Turns out that sugar slows down the absorption of alcohol from the stomach to the bloodstream.⁠
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"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.⁠
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#dietsoda #soda #regularsoda #drinks #sugary #science #biology

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