Gastric

There is alpha-amylase and gastric lipase that is in the stomach. But you got me thinking about pepsinogen and how it needs a pH of 3.5 for optimal activity, and at least a pH of 5 for activation. Vegans are known to have a basic pH constitution, ...

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... intestinal gland, functions in small intestine to break lactose to glucose and galactose Protein Enzymes Pepsin (secreted as pepsinogen) - made in gastric glands, functions in the stomach to break peptide bonds Trypsin (secreted as trypsinogen) - made in pancreas, functions in the small intestine ...

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Any biology book will tell you that it is not good to drink water before you eat because "gastric juice is dilluted and digestion will be harder". :roll: ??? Where ARE these s***ty textbooks, I've NEVER seen this. This is nonsense. The FACT is, if your stomach ...

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... my regular doctor, gynecologist, gastro specialist. They did a endoscopy, colonoscopy, Hydrogen breath test(check for a gluten intolerance), and a gastric emptying study (delay in digestion test), CA-125 (check for ovarian cancer), pelvic ultrasound (check for ovarian cancer or cyst), Celiac test ...

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I didn't see he asked for the aphrodisiac drug :roll: When I read the question, I immediately thought that too much water may increase the gastric volume thus making digestion slower, but then I realized what if the situation is depending on our health conditions? what if certain people with ...

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