This soda secret has TikTok viewers all shook up.
A British doctor has gone viral on social media after revealing that diet mixers make you intoxicated far faster than full-sugar options.
“Why does drinking Diet Coke with alcohol get you drunk faster than regular Coke?” Dr. Karan Raj asks at the outset of his TikTok video which has garnered 1.2 million views and a whole lot of buzz among drinkers.
Raj went to on to explain: “It’s got nothing to do with a diet mixer, but more to do with the fact that sugar in regular Coke makes your stomach empty more slowly into the small intestine, slowing down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream.”
“It’s the same principle as why you get drunk faster on an empty stomach because there’s nothing to slow down the booze,” the doc declared, with a graphic flashing up on the screen.
Raj’s explainer clip was cut against footage from TikToker Loryn Powell — who decided to put the doctor’s claim to the test.
Dr. Karan Raj (right) has gone viral on social media after revealing that diet mixers make you intoxicated far faster than full-sugar options, as demonstrated by TikToker Loryn Powell (left).TikTok/Loryn PowellIn Powell’s video, the content creator decided to drink whiskey with mixers on two different days.
On the first day, she drank four glasses of the hard liquor with full-sugar Coke before breathalyzing herself 30 minutes later, returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.061.
On the second day, Powell chugged down four glasses of whiskey mixed with Diet Coke, conducting the same breath test half an hour after her final drink.
She had a blood alcohol reading of 0.086, apparently confirming Dr. Raj’s statements in his TikTok clip.
Raj used a graphic to illustrate his explanation that the sugar in Coca-Cola slows the absorption of alcohol. His clip clocked up 1.2 million views. TikTok/Dr Karan RajViewers reacted excitedly to the clip, with many looking to get buzzed quickly over the holiday season.
“That’s pretty cool…so many possibilities with this knowledge,” one quipped.
“From now on it’s Diet Coke only on a night out!” another enthused.
It’s not the first time Raj has gone viral on TikTok, with the expert often sharing quirky facts about the human body and behaviors.
Raj’s explainer clip was cut against footage from TikToker Loryn Powell who decided to put the doctor’s claim to the test. TikTok/Loryn Powell Last year, Raj revealed the world’s “most dangerous sex position” in a viral clip, claiming reverse cowgirl had sent many a man to the emergency room after their penises were crushed by their partners’ pubic bones.
