Your stomach contains hydrochloric acid, a highly corrosive chemical compound that can dissolve certain metals and would ...

‌The hydrochloric acid in your stomach has a very low pH balance of 1 to 2. Your doctor will check the level of acid in your stomach using a pH test if they suspect hypochlorhydria.

How much can the stomach expand after a big meal to accommodate all that food? An empty adult stomach starts as a folded ...

Wimbledon tennis player Novak Djokovic has revealed what he eats in a day, and it has been described as 'insanely healthy'.

RECENT investigations showed that hydrochloric acid enhanced the absorption of ferric iron but had little effect upon the absorption of iron from hemoglobin or ferrous salts. 1–5 Since ferric ...

In fact, the measured rate of acid secretion was lower in five of six patients after 60 ml of aluminum-magnesium hydroxide than after the water control (p equal to 0.05), an observation that might ...

Stomach pains — also known as stomachaches, ... It also forces your intestines to produce extra hydrochloric acid, which can squeeze up into your stomach, causing pain.

Drinking coffee on an empty stomach can increase gastric acidity. Coffee stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which, if not balanced by some food, can irritate the ...

Your stomach protects itself from being digested by its own enzymes, or burnt by the corrosive hydrochloric acid, by secreting sticky, neutralising mucus that clings to the stomach walls.

A large, muscular chamber, the stomach produces digestive juices like pepsin, lipase, and hydrochloric acid, which digest and dissolve stomach contents. Illustration by PureStock SCIENCE ...