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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Does drinking straight hard alcohol put more strain on the liver than a mixture?

Say there are 2 totally identical people.

One drinks 8 fl oz of 43% ABV gin over a period of 10 minutes, and nothing else.

One drinks a 16 fl oz mixture of 50% water and 50% gin (the same 43% ABV gin) over the same 10 minute time period, and nothing else.

So they are both consuming the same amount of alcohol over the same amount of time, but one of them has their alcohol cut with an equal amount of water.

Which case will cause the liver to work more?
gpt
Well, both cases will cause the liver to work equally as much. Water is processed through your body much quicker than liquor is, obviously, so you're still left with the same 8 fl oz of 43% abv gin in your system, to be filtered through. That's why mixed drinks aren't much better than drinking straight shots. You're still consuming the same amount of liquor, the same amount of liquor needs to pass through your system, just the other homogenous parts of the beverage get absorbed faster .