# "It was also expounded that carragenan reacted with the mucoid lining of the stomach and gave a protective layer through which pepsin and acid has difficulty in passing." From the use of seaweed extracts in the fields of food and medicine. Sydney D. Upham, Rockland, Maine
Why would this be beneficial? If our stomachs were not meant to excrete HCl why was it designed to do so?? Pepsin is pretty important in the digestion of proteins....isn't it? Why would you want to inhibit the very functions our bodies are designed to perform?