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Healthy Stomach

If you want a healthy stomach take good care of it. A healthy stomach produces acid to break down fats and kill pathogens on your food. To protect itself from the acid the stomach lining produces a mucus layer. Then the opening to your stomach normally stays closed to keep the acid in and only to allow food in. When the stomach becomes unhealthy, the mucus lining can deteriorate, ulcers can form and the stomach opening can become leaky allowing acid to splash up into the esophagus. So, it is important to keep your stomach healthy and clean.