Western Culture Breakfast: Did you know it's bad to have eggs & orange juice together?!
"Since protein requires an acid medium for proper digestion, you'd think that acid foods would facilitate protein digestion, but that's not the case.
When acid foods enter the stomach they inhibit the secretion of hydrochloric acid, and the protein-digesting enzyme pepsin can work only in the presence of hydrochloric acid, not just any acid.
Therefore orange juice inhibits the proper digestion of eggs, and a strong vinegar dressing on salads inhibits the digestion of steak."
http://www.hps-online.com/food/index.htm...
Answers: Acid and protein
"Since protein requires an acid medium for proper digestion, you'd think that acid foods would facilitate protein digestion, but that's not the case.
When acid foods enter the stomach they inhibit the secretion of hydrochloric acid, and the protein-digesting enzyme pepsin can work only in the presence of hydrochloric acid, not just any acid.
Therefore orange juice inhibits the proper digestion of eggs, and a strong vinegar dressing on salads inhibits the digestion of steak."
http://www.hps-online.com/food/index.htm...
There's also many vitamin supplements that have two or more vitamins in them that affect the absorption of others.
Companies rely on people not knowing this and they pay lots of money for vitamins that aren't working for them!
Thanks for the info,it is sure news to me. I guess I should have paid more attention in chemistry class way back in the day.
ummm, okay i'll remember that when i'm at bob evans this morning eating my steak and egg omlette with my HUGE glass of OJ on the side! :0