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# Why put 'acids' in inverted commas?
What are these 'acids' really, eh?
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:23, archived)
# Accciiieeeeedddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:24, archived)
# Millions of tiny cows
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:24, archived)
# That's generally what they're refered to as
but as far as my understanding go it's actually all the enzymes and stuff that do the mostdigesting, not the acidic nature of the juices, but I could very well be wrong with that.
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:25, archived)
# that mainly
but as i thought it was a nuteralization reaction that starts it all off.....

with your spit being alkali and all
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:26, archived)
# But it's still acid
which is in your stomach
and therefore stomach acid.
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:26, archived)
# ....
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:27, archived)
# That's like saying drinking water keeps you awake
just because coffee is water with various things in it, including caffine
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:28, archived)
# I'm probably wrong though
it's probably the acid that does most of the work and the enzymes and so on just help the reactions along.
(, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 2:29, archived)