Question

Tasha is on medication that requires the pH of the stomach and makes it alkaline what is the effect of this medication

Answer 1

Pepsin is unable to break down proteins.

Pepsin digests proteins in an acidic environment and, therefore, since the PH of the stomach increases the acidity is decreasing. This makes it so pepsin can no longer break down proteins

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Answer 2

The answer is the medication hampers mechanical digestion.

Mechanical digestion is the separation of large pieces of food into smaller pieces, while chemical digestion is the breakdown of food particles into molecules.