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Because they are provided with other forms of nutrition, such as TPN (total parenteral nutrition) which is a sterile solution of all essential nutrients administered through the blood vessels. But people require many supplements of various nutrients, vitamins and minerals if they have a malfunctioning or missing stomach.

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The stomach is not terribly useful other than to digest meat. If a person very carefully watched his diet, it is possible to live without it, but it would be no fun, at all.

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