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The First Food Designed to Keep You Sober

A new protein bar reduces your blood alcohol content (BAC) by 50%

Abbey
Food Science Fusion
5 min readMar 27, 2020

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Have you ever been to a wedding where you’re the last table to be served dinner?

There’s a whole lot of cheers and clinks, but nothing much in the stomach. Suddenly, you’re too tipsy.

That’s where a new protein bar, aptly named SOBAR, plans to intervene. The makers of SOBAR claim it’s the first food specifically engineered to reduce alcohol’s intoxicating effects.

Don’t believe it?

Well, let’s begin by following alcohol’s path through the body.

As soon as you sip on some alcohol, a small amount of it passes through the lining of your mouth and directly enters the bloodstream. However, most will continue along the digestive tract, down your esophagus, and into the stomach.

Once in the stomach, alcohol can be treated in several different ways. Some is destroyed by the stomach’s strong acid and enzymes. Another portion is slowly absorbed through the stomach wall into the bloodstream. What’s remaining will be released from the stomach into the small intestine.

Once alcohol hits our small intestine, it’s party time! Here alcohol is rapidly absorbed

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Abbey
Abbey

Written by Abbey

I’m a food scientist by PhD, a science writer, and a YouTuber. I’m fascinated by food science and enjoy writing and sharing what I’ve learn.

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