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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by johndevor on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:24PM (#14620344)
Doesn't our stomach kill a lot of bacteria with the acid?
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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by refurb on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:39PM (#14620496)
Surprisingly not. How else would your intestinal biome be established unless bacteria passed unharmed through your stomach?

Also, there are lots of diseases such as E. coli infection, etc, that are food borne. Stomach acid doesn't seem to help all that much with those.

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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by majewsky on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:26PM (#14620358)
Food and drinks pass through other parts of our body before hitting the stomach.
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