What Influences Blood Alcohol Content?

Video Transcript

"Hello I'm Dr. Bernardo Savariego, I'm a medical doctor specializing in addiction psychiatry in Miami, Florida. Let's talk a little bit about what influences blood alcohol levels. Now the, of course the number one thing is ow much to drink. Each normal drink will increase your blood alcohol level by 0.2 to 0.4%. And it takes your body about two to three hours to metabolize this amount of alcohol. So of course the more to drink and the faster you drink, the higher your alcohol levels will be. Now there are other factors, they say that drinks that are carbonated when you mix it with a carbonated drink, they absorb faster. That's why people like their drinks with carbonated drink so they can get a higher high initially. So what you drink it with. Also your weight. If you're a heavier person then your blood alcohol levels are going to be lower. And also men and women metabolize differently, women have more fat in their cells and they actually have higher alcohol levels, have a harder time metabolizing the alcohol so actually when a woman and a man drink the same, the woman will have a higher alcohol level then the man."