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The thing is that men are biologically better equipped to drink more than women. Doctor Oz says, 'It is true not just because men are bigger but because they own an extra enzyme in the lining of their stomach and that enzyme, when it sees alcohol, begins to metabolize it immediately. So only about half the alcohol which they drink gets into the bloodstream.'
Comparatively, women do not have as much of that enzyme in their stomachs. So more of the alcohol gets into the bloodstream and they get drunk faster.
That gender difference is even more problematic, because while overall drinking trends are down over the past 20 years, many young women are drinking more than ever.
What seems crucial, the more a person drinks the more their body builds up a tolerance for alcohol. So aforementioned women actually begin to metabolize it faster.
'So women who are exposed to a lot of alcohol, begin to catch up to men in their ability to cope with the drinks', explains Oz.
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