uh yes stocking do you mind not posting your loving hydrochloric acid special interest here
actually, to assert that stomach acid is simply hydrochloric acid is a gross simplification of a beautiful and complex process
it's actually a mixture of intentionally dilluted hydrochloric acid as well pepsin, lipase, gastrin and mucin. all of these things work together to break down complex proteins and carbohydrates that would otherwise be indigestible (or completely inert) to pepsin alone. this is why the human digestive system is actually capable of digesting bone when acid alone would merely bleach it.
