The stomach is a very acidic environment filled with gastric fluid that is made
up of hydrochloric acid and several more super acidic substances.
Not exact matches
It enters our stomach and it's starting to get churned
up and the
hydrochloric acid comes out which has almost like a sterilization effect with the food but also activates a lot
of our proteolytic enzymes in our stomach, one known as pepsin which helps start breaking down protein.
Mark and I were able to clear
up this point with a thermometer because the reaction
of hydrochloric acid with calcium carbonate, the basic ingredient
of limestone, is exothermic — it releases energy in the form
of a known amount
of heat per amount
of reaction products.