How can stomach acid be strong enough to dissolve thin razor blades, but stuff like corn and tomato skin can pass through seemingly completely untouched?

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How can stomach acid be strong enough to dissolve thin razor blades, but stuff like corn and tomato skin can pass through seemingly completely untouched?

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Because stomach acid isn’t inherently what breaks the food down. The stomach acid is what activates the enzyme that then breaks down the food. If you lack the enzyme to break the food down then your body won’t digest it and you poop it out.

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