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Do you know how your body separates drinks from your stomach acid?

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Dr. Joseph Sucher answered

Specializes in Trauma Surgery

It doesn't. : After drinking or eating, the contents enter the stomach chamber. Here, the acids and enzymes that are secreted from the stomach lining mix completely with whatever you have ingested.

Answered 9/8/2013

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