what is role of the acid in our stomach?
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Hydrochloric acid plays a major role in the process of digestion. It creates a medium of gastric juice acidic so that the enzyme pepsin digests the protein and kills the bacteria present in them. The acid activates the pepsinogen enzyme required to digest proteins. ...
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sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴏғ ʜʏᴅʀᴏᴄʜʟᴏʀɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ, sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴇɴᴢʏᴍᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴜᴄᴜs ᴄᴏᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ. ʜʏᴅʀᴏᴄʜʟᴏʀɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘs ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ, ᴅɪɢᴇsᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙ ɴᴜᴛʀɪᴇɴᴛs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇɪɴ. ɪᴛ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇs ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ, ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ .
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