And how aren’t pills for example destroyed by our stomach acid?
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The same way nutrients from food are broken down. Food and anything else you ingest is broken down in the stomach and digestive systems, and nutrients and other substances are absorbed by the blood. There are capillaries and other vessels throughout that carry the substances to the rest of the body’s circulatory system.
This is a very simplified explanation of what happens. These things start being broken down by saliva in your mouth and continue on through the intestines. Different substances are absorbed at different points in the body.
Some pills have what’s called an enteric coating on them, which means they will survive the stomach and break down in the intestines instead.
Others will break down in the stomach and be absorbed there. The stomach acid helps break down food in order to make it ready for the body to use.
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