Eli5 how is it that you can get sick eating a tiny bit of moldy bread? How does your stomach acid not annihilate the mold

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Eli5 how is it that you can get sick eating a tiny bit of moldy bread? How does your stomach acid not annihilate the mold

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The microbes themselves don’t cause damage. Rather, they create and store poison that either doesn’t react with stomach acid or stomach acid makes it worse. Think of it as a germ suicide vest. You eat the mold and the mold has it’s revenge.