How is alcohol digested?

How is alcohol digested?

• A. It bypasses the digestive system
• B. It can either be digested or pass directly through the walls of the stomach
• C. It is digested by the stomach only
• D. It is digested in the liver first

Answer: (B)

Alcohol isn’t digested like carbohydrates, fats, or proteins. It’s absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the stomach and, to a larger extent, the small intestine. A small amount can be metabolized locally in the stomach by certain enzymes, but most of it travels to the liver where the main metabolism happens. So, there are two practical paths: some alcohol is handled in the stomach, while the rest passes through the stomach walls to be absorbed into the bloodstream. This is why that option fits best. It isn’t correct to say it bypasses digestion entirely, nor that it’s digested only in the stomach or first in the liver.

Alcohol isn’t digested like carbohydrates, fats, or proteins. It’s absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the stomach and, to a larger extent, the small intestine. A small amount can be metabolized locally in the stomach by certain enzymes, but most of it travels to the liver where the main metabolism happens. So, there are two practical paths: some alcohol is handled in the stomach, while the rest passes through the stomach walls to be absorbed into the bloodstream. This is why that option fits best. It isn’t correct to say it bypasses digestion entirely, nor that it’s digested only in the stomach or first in the liver.