Wearetoldthateating a big, fattymealbeforeboozingwillmeanthatallthosebeersandshotswillbeabsorbedslowly, andyourBAC (bloodalcoholcontent) willstaylowfor a whileandyouwon't feelsowasted.
Andthere's morechanceyou'llmake a fooloutofyourself, orworse, endupfacing a doctorfrom a hospitalbedwithnomemoryofdrivingyourcarintoyourneighbor's house.
It's notonlyaboutgettingdrunkfaster, butalsoaboutconsuminglesscaloriesfromfoodsoyoufeellessguiltyaboutdrinkingninecocktailsand a shotofsomethingnoxious.