I am fully aware that I shouldn’t drink alcohol while on Ritalin, however I do sometimes cook with it, so I was curious on if that’s a major problem, as the relative quantity of alcohol is much lower than when drinking it. Say for instance a sauce that’s 1/5 Sake (15% alcohol) of which you then use around 30-40ml. That’s barely any alcohol, so should I be worried and maybe not take my meds when I’m planning on making food containing alcohol, or is it fine if I just avoid beers and wines and such?
Edit: The consensus seems to be that it’s fine, especially if it cooks longer, because it’s a low amount and at high heat the alcohol cooks away anyways. Thank you everyone for your input!
Cooking alcohol doesn’t burn off as much as many people think it does.
But uncooked, you’re talking about 20% of 30mL. 6mL of sake. 0.9mL alcohol.
The interaction is not that severe to begin with, it’s a tiny amount, and the sauce is cooked. There’s probably that much alcohol in ripe fruit.
Yea, realistically the same amount of alcohol boils off as the water since they’re bound.