• psud@aussie.zone
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    14 hours ago

    Human stomach acid is as low as PH 1.5

    We are descended from scavengers

    The acid we make is PH 0.8, it goes to 1.5 when mixed with the other gastric juices

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        8 hours ago

        I presume it’s because some pathogens are adapted to us, or it’s because of our changed diet since the agricultural revolution 10k years ago at most, or our population density and food production and transportation system causes greater exposure to pathogens, or done mix of all those and probably more

        The modern world is pretty complex