How Does The Stomach Know How Much Acid To Produce?

Sep 27

Obviously a muffin requires less gastric juice than a thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Too much and you burn, to little and you don’t digest your food (eww). How does the stomach regulate acid/enzyme production?

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kissmeim

September 27th, 2009 at 6:36 AM

This is the gall bladder’s doings, for one thing. The gall bladder stores this gastric juice and releases it as needed. However, it is always a constant amount of the acid released – which may, in many cases, be more than needed. Thus, the stomach must create more tissue every minute just so the acid does not eat the stomach itself!