Stomach acid, primarily hydrochloric acid (HCl), is a powerful digestive fluid with a pH of 1.5-3.5, crucial for breaking down food (especially proteins into amino acids), activating digestive enzymes like pepsin, and killing harmful bacteria and pathogens ingested with food. It’s produced by the stomach lining and protected by a thick mucus layer, but issues arise if it’s too weak (hypochlorhydria) or too strong, leading to digestive problems or reflux (heartburn).
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
