From: Randall Parker 

Alan Cairns wrote:

  > I don't really understand the transmission. Mostly, cooking denatures
> protein, and stomach acids and enzymes digest it. By the time it reaches the
> jejunum its just a slurry of amino acids, which are absorbable. It generally
> isn't possible to absorb whole protein molecules from a healthy gut.

But what about old folks or others who have low stomach acid levels? I thought for
some people peptides can make it past the stomach.

> I guess I'd better do some reading. It was noticeable to me that a large
> percentage of the British vCJ patients were slaughtermen.
>
> Alan
>

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