But just because you have a gym membership that you actually use doesnât mean you canât also have a few things at home for doing other types of workouts that you donât have time for at the gym, or for those days that you just canât make it out the front door.
The inside wall of the small intestine needs to be thin, with a really big surface area. This allows absorption to happen quickly and efficiently. If the small intestine had a thick wall and a small surface area, a lot of digested food might pass out of the body before it had a chance to be absorbed.
When a person drinks an alcoholic beverage, about 20 percent of the alcohol is absorbed in the stomach and about 80 percent is absorbed in the small intestine. How fast the alcohol is absorbed depends upon several things: 1  The concentration of alcohol in the beverage-The greater the concentration, the faster the absorption. 2  The type of drink-Carbonated beverages tend to speed up the absorption of alcohol. 3  Whether the stomach is full or empty-Food slows down alcohol absorption.