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Is food digestion an acid or base?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

base

he says base but

The foods we eat are digested; they break down into either an acid or an alkaline end-product in our tissues.

This end-product is called the "ash" and is what remains in the body after the food has been broken down.

i think is an acid

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