What is the only effective way to reduce your blood alcohol content (BAC)?
- Drinking coffee
- Exercising
- Allow your body time to get rid of alcohol ✓
- Taking a cold shower
Answer: C. Allow your body time to get rid of alcohol
The only effective way to lower your blood alcohol content is to allow your body time to get rid of the alcohol.
Why this is the answer
The manual explains that a drink raises your BAC by roughly .02 percent, and that the body needs about an hour on average to clear that amount. Because the alcohol leaves at the body's own pace, the manual's review questions ask what the only effective method to reduce your BAC is, and the answer is simply giving your body that time. Nothing you do speeds the process up.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Drinking coffee — Drinking coffee is not the method the manual names, because the alcohol has to be processed by the body over time, not covered up with a stimulant.
- B. Exercising — Exercising is not the method the manual names; the alcohol is removed by the body over roughly an hour per drink, not by physical activity.
- D. Taking a cold shower — A cold shower is not the method the manual names, and it does nothing to change how long your body needs to clear the alcohol.
Remember it
Think of it as a clock, not a trick: only the hour your body spends processing each drink brings your BAC down.