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Healthy Stomach

Understand the importance of stomach acid

Stage two of good digestion happens in stomach and it is your stomachs job is to temporarily hold food and begin to break it down. Stomach acid is important for in this stage of digestion and while it does not actually digest the food, it triggers the enzyme pepsin to break down proteins. The stomach acid also destroys pathogenic bacteria and parasites, eggs and larvae.