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How does food affect alcohol in your body?

  1. It raises your BAC faster.
  2. It slows the absorption of alcohol.
  3. It removes alcohol from your blood.
  4. It has no effect on BAC.
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Correct answer: It slows the absorption of alcohol.

On an empty stomach your BAC rises higher.

Source: Driver's Handbook (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, January 2025), Impaired driving, page 35

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026