However, as peanut butter travels from the mouth to the large intestine, it bypasses the lungs. Unless you're washing your lungs out with a peanut butter sandwich, it won't help you beat a breathalyzer test.
Eating peanut butter: Peanut butter has a rather potent, deep scent and is known to help conceal alcohol breath.
You can beat a breathalyzer by hyperventilating, exercising, or holding your breath before you blow. Fact: An often-cited decades-old study found that hyperventilation and vigorous exercise did indeed lower subjects' BAC readings by as much as 10%.
If you enjoy sweet and creamy peanut butter, then you can use peanut butter to mask the smell that is generated from alcohol. The peanut oil produces a pleasant and stronger smell that overshadows the smell of alcohol. Lemon is yet another useful organic remedy you can use to mask alcoholic odors.
Basically, the longer the alcohol stays in your stomach, rather than going into your intestine and your bloodstream, the more time your body has to absorb the alcohol. Eating foods high in healthy fats can encourage this, Dr. Raj says, so have a meal that involves avocado or peanut butter before drinking.
It is true that the high levels of sodium, which can be found in peanut butter, will neutralize ethanol by creating two byproducts – sodium ethoxide (also known as alkoxide) and hydrogen gas.
Specifically, hyperventilation and drinking water before using the breathalyzer were shown to significantly lower the BrAC readings. Breath analyzer operators should be cognizant of these methods that may lead to falsely lower BrAC readings.
Generally, a breathalyzer test can test positive for alcohol for up to 12 hours after consuming one alcoholic drink. The average urine test can also detect alcohol 12-48 hours later. If your BAC is 0.08, it will take approximately 5 hours to metabolize the alcohol completely before you can become “sober” again.
Vinegar – Some types of vinegar are made from wine and contain trace amounts of alcohol. Not nearly enough to cause impairment, but possibly enough to lead to a false positive.
In some cases, the breathalyzer may detect alcohol for up to 12 hours. In other individuals, the breathalyzer test may work for twice that long. Although the average person metabolizes about 1 alcoholic drink per hour, this rate varies.
Unlike beer, wine, or liquor, the concentrated form of alcohol in mouthwash doesn't linger. Unless you actually drink it. So if you just swish with mouthwash, and wait 20 minutes before blowing into your interlock, you should pass the test. That is, as long as you haven't been drinking in the last 12-24 hours.
High-protein foods, rich in amino acids may also help settle a pounding head and unsettled stomach. Eggs, lean meats, cheese and peanut butter are all good options.
The salt from the nuts keeps you thirsty, and each sip of beer floods your mouth with carbonation to clean the peanut oil off your tongue. It's the classic bar-food pairing, so it makes perfect sense to swap out the peanuts for peanut butter and see if the same effect can be had. And no surprise—it can.
The salt content in nuts helps counteract the bitterness of beer, making beer less bitter and easier to drink. Peanuts not only help with bitterness, but they also aid in keeping that dry mouth feeling under control.
Nuts. Nuts like peanuts, walnuts, and almonds are rich in quite a few hangover-fighting nutrients—specifically magnesium and protein. Magnesium (which is lost while drinking) can help your body break down and eliminate alcohol, while protein replenishes your amino acids (more on that on the next slide).
Any food will help, but carbohydrates — like bread, pasta or potatoes — slow down how quickly your body absorbs the alcohol. Eating during or after drinking alcohol may make you feel less intoxicated, but it doesn't mean you've sobered up and are no longer impaired.