Here’s why your stomach acid doesn’t burn through the lining
I know what you’re thinking because I thought: if the acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve metal, why doesn’t it burn right through the lining of the stomach?
That’s a great question but before we get to the answer lets back up and start at the beginning.
Good digestion starts in the mouth. The more times you chew your food the less work your stomach has to do. Think of it this way, the better you chew, the better you poo. Once swallowed, food travels down a long tube called the esophagus. At the end of that tube is a small muscular valve that opens up just enough to allow the food to drop into a bath of stomach acid — splash!
But wait, there’s a problem. Can you see it?
This stomach acid (also known as hydrochloric acid, or HCL) needs to be strong enough to turn whatever we just ate into a liquid mush, this helps with absorption.
The stomach has been working this way since the beginning of time and you kinda have to marvel at the design. Once the food has been turned into a liquid mush it is ready to move onto the next stage.
Food drops down the shoot into a bath of acid — — splosh! Food turns into liquid mush; then mush oozes out a little at a time into the small…
