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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.