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Nicotine can cause heart burn and GERD. It damages the esophagus. It can stop acid from becoming buffered in the small intestine.
Nicotine has a drastic effect on your digestive system as it will often clog certain arteries and fill up certain bloodlines with clots of nicotine, and it will increase an appetite making the digestive track fill faster.
There are a number of things that nicotine can do to you digestive system. It can cause your system to cramp up.
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Can quitting smoking affect your stomach?
It can affect your digestion in 2 ways - your digestion does improve in efficiency in most cases and you very often eat more to compensate for not having the cigarette in your hand.
How does an antacid deal with chemical digestion?
Antacids affect chemical digestion by increasing the pH in the stomach.
What are 5 chemical changes in everyday life?
cooking, bleaching, smoking, heating with coal, stomach digestion
How does smoking affect the gall bladder?
It affects the emptying time of bile from the gallbladder (becoming slower). In may affect digestion
What is the normal pH of stomach juice and how does it affect digestion?
The normal pH of stomach juice is around 1.5 to 3.5. This highly acidic environment helps break down food and kill harmful bacteria in the stomach, aiding in digestion.
What is the pH level of stomach acid and how does it affect digestion?
The pH level of stomach acid is around 1.5 to 3.5. This highly acidic environment helps break down food and kill harmful bacteria in the stomach, aiding in digestion.
Why will a decrease in pH of the stomach affect protein digestion?
A decrease in pH of the stomach will affect protein digestion because the acidic environment in the stomach is necessary for activating the enzyme pepsin, which breaks down proteins into smaller molecules for absorption in the intestines. If the pH is too low or too high, pepsin may not function properly, leading to incomplete protein digestion.
Where does the protein digestion start?
the digestion of proteins begin in the stomach.
What is the normal pH of the stomach and how does it affect digestion?
The normal pH of the stomach is around 1.5 to 3.5. This highly acidic environment helps break down food and kill harmful bacteria, aiding in digestion.
Why will a decrease in pH of the stomach affect protein digestion?
Decrease in pH of the stomach will distort the active site of the enzyme pepsin, which affects its action.
Where does the most digestion in the stomach occur?
Most nutrient digestion occurs in the stomach
What is food like after digestion in the stomach?
Food becomes semisolid after digestion in stomach.
