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The Stomach: Your Inner Food Processor
- Acid Storm: Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve a razor blade.
- Smart Storage: It stretches from the size of a fist to over a liter after meals.
- Churning Engine: Muscles knead food into a liquid called chyme.
- Lining Defender: A new mucus layer forms every few hours to prevent self-digestion.
- Hidden Clock: The stomach’s “migrating motor” cleans it out every 90 minutes.
- Protein Master: It starts breaking down meat long before intestines join in.
- Bacterial Shield: Acidity kills most harmful microbes before they reach the gut.
- Nerve Network: The stomach’s “enteric brain” senses mood and hunger.
- Secret Chemist: It secretes enzymes and acids precisely timed to your meals.
- Silent Signal: Stomach growls are just muscles echoing an empty cleaning cycle.