Tag: Milk after drinking

While a popular myth suggests that milk can "line the stomach" to protect against alcohol, this has little scientific basis. In reality, drinking milk after alcohol does not significantly alter how your body processes the substance and, for some, may even cause digestive discomfort. Two hours after your last drink, your body is still actively metabolizing alcohol in the liver.

Although milk is often recommended as a post-drinking comfort drink, scientific evidence shows it won't actually speed up the sobering process. The notion that milk 'coats the stomach' to prevent intoxication is a myth, but drinking milk after alcohol can still have some digestive effects worth understanding.