Food and drink enter your stomach and dissolve in a strong acid bath, then exits your stomach into your intestines for a good old squeeze over many hours.
When you pee or poo, it doesn’t burn at the exits.
Surely some stomach acid must enter the intestines? Where does the stomach acid go? What happens to it?
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As acid breaks things down, the acid itself gets broken down too. Your stomach controls how much acid it produces so that it’s enough to break down the food but not so much as to cause discomfort or injury.
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