@binkle @HenryNFren @mono I'm thinking and the ramifications of this new discovery can be quite important.
If stomach acids/enzymes cause/triggers unnecessary autophagy. Then that means that leaky guts, which cause various deceases that goes from Autism, Alzheimer etc.. almost everything could be linked (and I'm saying linked not caused) to that since in a lot of case when leaky guts are fixed symptoms are reduced and even eliminated.
Re-population of various microbes and diet balance means that the stomach doesn't need to produce as much as previously acids/enzymes and that the wall of the stomach would restrain from leaking more of these substances.