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How does your body digest blood?
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Just another protein: Stomach acid starts molecular bond breakdown, pancreatic enzymes in small intestine continue process until component parts can be absorbed by the gut for transmission via blood stream to "construction sites" where needed to synthesize proteins for the body.
Answered 4/18/2019
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