It kills the acid in your stomach but you need that acid so it can dissolve your food into smaller pieces for you intestines
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"It kills the acid in your stomach"
Ah, but then the stomach produces more acid.
And so the cycle goes.
Ah, but then the stomach produces more acid.
And so the cycle goes.
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It doesn't "kill" acid, it neutralizes it by reacting with it. But your stomach produces more acid all the time, more when you eat food.
The work of the acid, HCl, takes place in your stomach. Once the food passes into your intestines the acid is neutralized by bile salts which are strongly alkaline.
The work of the acid, HCl, takes place in your stomach. Once the food passes into your intestines the acid is neutralized by bile salts which are strongly alkaline.