Drunk or Fat. A quandary

[lurker17260]

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1259017#bmb=1

How intoxicated you become when drinking could boil down to the simple choice of whether or not you mix diet soda or regular with your vodka or rum, a new study finds.

[poddster]

I must be very fortunate in that case, I am neither fat or drunk as i consume none of the te mentioned beverages :0

[i-need-a-martini]

Ahh the irony of putting diet mixers in with your alcohol. Like that is going to help any...

[azureline**]

Hmm..no particular reason but I have had no alcohol for some time. Just have not wanted any.

[boris1gary]

me neither, gave up awhile ago - makes me ill and is fattening (am only referring to me). When i did partake it was vodka or ouzo.

[spotweldersfriend]

I like to compromise.It's only diet cognac for me.

[margomeoz]

I drink scotch and soda didn't know they had diet soda did not know it was fattening.

I drink Scotch, Vodka, Cab Sav, Champange and a lot of water.

[lurker17260]

Jokes aside, it's kinda interesting the affect "diet" drinks have on alcohol absorption.
I quite like a vodka and lemonade before dinner, but had no idea that the "diet" lemonade I was buying was actually increasing my blood alcohol level.

[i-need-a-martini]

I still don;t get how that works. So the study says the alchohol is absorbed quicker but surely if you are mixing your drink with a non-alc drink then you are drinking a lower volume of alcohol anyway?

[freakiness]

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@margomeoz wrote:

I drink scotch and soda didn't know they had diet soda did not know it was fattening.

I drink Scotch, Vodka, Cab Sav, Champange and a lot of water.

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I think the soda they mean is soft drinks