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Why does our fermentation make lactic acid instead of an alcoholic fermentation?
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Ineffective oxidatio: Alcohol is the result of yeast action and actually take place with yeast infection of the bowel. Lactic acid formation is a product of inefficient oxidation that is the normal way that our cells synthesize their energy.
Answered 6/26/2014
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