HEALTH · May 30, 2026 Under normal conditions, only a very small fraction of dietary amino acids in the small-intestinal lumen are diverted by other substances or are consumed by colonic bacteria before being absorbed, so amino-acid loss is very low. HARDLY BS
HEALTH · May 30, 2026 After proteases finish digesting food in the duodenum, they move with chyme into the mid and distal small intestine and begin digesting themselves and other enzymes into amino acids. MOSTLY BS