Drinks Using Diet Mixers

So you’re out on a Saturday night…and order a rum and Diet Coke. While that diet drink may save you calories, it may also turn into trouble when it’s time to drive home.

New research suggests that diet mixers may make you seem like you’ve had more to drink than you really have. Mixing alcohol with a diet soft drink rather than a regular one can make a person’s “breath alcohol concentration” higher.

Researchers theorize that the stomach may treat sugar-sweetened beverages like food, thus balancing out the liquor…but diet drinks don’t have that same effect, so the alcohol absorbs faster.

The takeaway? You may want to consider your mixers when making your cocktail choices.