It takes just six minutes from drinking alcohol to it having an impact on brain activity, research has found.Researchers say this is the first time the speed at which humans can get drunk has been accurately measured.
In the tests they got people to take an alcoholic drink while they were lying in the MRI scanner, until they reached a blood alcohol content of 0.05 percent.
As they did this, the boffins from University Hospital Heidelberg monitored brain activity to see how quickly the alcohol kicked in.
After coming up with such a crazy experiment I am surprised the researchers had any booze left.
"Our study provides evidence for alternative energy utilization upon alcohol ingestion, i.e. the brain uses an alcohol breakdown product instead of glucose for energy demands," said Dr Armin Biller.
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