If our stomach acids are some of the strongest acids, how do stomach bugs and tapeworms and germs not get digested in it? How is it that only things like insulin get digested?

Question

If our stomach acids are some of the strongest acids, how do stomach bugs and tapeworms and germs not get digested in it? How is it that only things like insulin get digested?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I remember hearing a story about someone that got really drunk in college. Blackout drunk and the next day, they pooped a huge tapeworm that died from all the alcohol. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’ll never forgot the story.