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Pachacha [2.7K]
3 years ago
15

Eating a small serving of a food that is very acidic might present something of a paradox to your stomach because

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Reptile [31]3 years ago
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 the presence of food in the stomach typically causes release of gastrin, but low pH inhibits release of gastrin.
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