 So starting at the top, you chew your food, enzymes start working, they break it down, and once the food is liquefied and ready, then you swallow. Now we know what happens next, the food goes down into the stomach, right? So once the food is in the stomach, hopefully there's enough stomach acid in there that is ready and waiting to continue breaking down your food. This is another area where digestive distress can occur. Your stomach, sometimes, some people, the stomach doesn't produce enough acid.