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A Handbook of Health

CHAPTER II
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The acid, which is known as _hydrochloric acid_, and the pepsin together are able to melt down pieces of meat, egg, or curds of milk, and dissolve them into a clear, jelly-like fluid, or thin soup, which can readily be absorbed by the cells lining the intestine.[4] You can see now why you shouldn't take large doses of soda or other alkalies, just because you feel a little uncomfortable after eating.
They will make your stomach less acid and perhaps relieve the discomfort, but they stop or slow down digestion.

Neither is it well to swallow large quantities of ice-water, or other very cold drinks, at meal times, or during the process of digestion.

As digestion is largely getting the food dissolved in water, the drinking of moderate quantities of water, or other fluids, at meals is not only no hindrance, but rather a help in the process.

The danger comes only when the drink is taken so cold as to check digestion, or when it is used to wash down the food in chunks, before it has been properly ground by the teeth.
[Illustration: A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF STOMACH, OR PEPTIC, GLANDS (Greatly magnified) The long duct of each gland is but a deep fold of the stomach lining (see note, p.

11).


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