Mixing alcohol with Coca Cola is actually a bad idea: Serious side effects revealed
The caffeine can mask the depressant effects of alcohol, making drinkers feel more alert than they would otherwise be.
You must have heard or even tried Rum or Whiskey with Coca Cola which is a common mixer with these types of alcohol and even with many others. However, it turns out that mixing coca cola or any caffeinated drinks with alcohol is actually a very bad idea, according to the Centre of Disease Control.
While, a shot of espresso has almost 60-65 mg of caffeine, a 330 ml can of cola can contain about 34 mg of caffeine and diet coke contains 46 mg, which is almost half or three-fourths of a shot of espresso. Therefore by having multiple drinks with cola, you will actually consume more caffeine than multiple shots of espresso.
Caffeine can disguise the depressant effects of alcohol, according to the CDC: The caffeine can mask the depressant effects of alcohol, making drinkers feel more alert than they would otherwise. As a result, people may consume more alcohol and become more inebriated than they realize, raising the risk of alcohol-related injuries which is not an ideal scenario. However, caffeine has no effect on the metabolism of alcohol by the liver and thus does not reduce breath or blood alcohol concentrations or reduce impairment due to alcohol consumption.
According to the CDC, Drinkers aged 15 to 23 who mix alcohol with energy drinks are 4 times more likely to binge drink at high intensity (i.e., consume 6 or more drinks per binge episode) than drinkers who do not mix alcohol with energy drinks and drinkers who mix alcohol with energy drinks are more likely than drinkers who do not mix alcohol with energy drinks to report unwanted or unprotected sex, driving drunk or riding with a driver who was intoxicated, or sustaining alcohol-related injuries. Furthermore, The University of Manchester’s Department of Postgraduate Medicine and Dentistry in a 2007 study found that the bubbles in your drink can actually cause to absorb alcohol faster than normal.
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