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?
In: Biology
Humans can’t digest cellulose, which is the vegetable starch that passes through you. Our bodies lack the enzyme that can break the links in those carbs. The enzyme is lacking because we don’t need anything from those linkages but the cellulose moves through us as a “sweeper” to help clean out the intestines.
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