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When you eat a protein, here’s what happens:

1. The hydrochloric acid in the stomach denatures it. That is, it destroys the tertiary and secondary structures that are responsible for that protein’s characteristic behavior.

2. The protein in its primary structure (a string of amino acids connected by their primary molecular bonds) is passed in small squirts out of the stomach and into the duodenum where it will come into contact with strong base from the pancreas to neutralize the strong hydrochloric acid from the stomach and then peptidases, also from the pancreas, to cut the peptide bonds between the amino acids of the primary structure of the protein, leaving individual amino acids and dipeptides.

3. Those single amino acids and dipeptides can then be transported across the brush border membrane into the interior of the intestinal cells and be sent off to the rest of the body.

4. Proteins that do not get digested don’t get translocated and pass on through.

So while you may be able to see some activity in a test tube if you mix certain proteins with spike protein in a liquid that is chemically similar to the extracellular fluid compartment in the body, it means nothing unless you can get it there with its tertiary and secondary structures intact. And that is not going to happen orally unless you have A. No stomach acid, B. No digestive enzymes, and C. Leaky connections between the small intestine cells of the brush border membrane. If those three conditions describe you, then you have extremely serious healthy concerns.

This is why all those cartilage supplements to build your cartilage are bogus. The only thing that gets through your intestinal cells and into your body are individual amino acids and dipeptides.

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For someone who has been prescribed blood thinners due to having a stent inserted, is Nattokinase a suitable substitute?

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