Baking soda: benefits and harm to the human body

Almost all of us have sodium bicarbonate “living” in our kitchen. Housewives know a hundred and one recipes for using it for household needs and as a culinary ingredient. We invite you to look at soda from a different perspective. What are the benefits and harms of it for health? Can soda be used for treatment and what exactly?

For medicine, go to the kitchen. How does soda affect the body?

Recently, the theory that the cause of all health problems (including oncology) is the “acidification” of the body has gained wide popularity. This has sparked increased interest in baking soda. Its benefits and harms are discussed on numerous talk shows.

Sodium bicarbonate is a weak alkali. It effectively neutralizes acids, increases the body's alkaline reserves and maintains acid-base balance. The pH value should be kept between 7.35 and 7.47. If this value drops below 6.8, which indicates severe acidosis, the body dies.

Today, the problem of acidic blood is relevant for most people. When the pH drops below 7.25, it is necessary to undergo alkaline therapy - take soda in an amount of 5 to 40 g per day.

The beneficial effects of soda, confirmed by practice:

Important! When taking soda, it is important to follow this rule: you need to start with 1/5 teaspoon (dissolving in 250 ml of water) twice a day. Then gradually increase the daily dosage to 1/2 tsp. You should drink soda in a course of 1-2 weeks. Use the solution only when warm.

The boomerang effect and other dangerous consequences of soda therapy

Taking such an aggressive ingredient requires great caution, otherwise there will be serious health problems. It can damage the mucous membranes of the digestive tract (even cause ulcers). Do not forget that when in contact with liquid, soda releases carbon dioxide. Therefore, such treatment will be accompanied by increased gas formation and bloating.

Important! The composition should be prepared as follows: pour sodium bicarbonate 0.5 tbsp. boiling water, stir, add another 125 ml of chilled water. If you drink a cold solution, you may experience diarrhea!

If ingested in excessive quantities, baking soda can have the opposite effect. The acidity will first decrease and then rise sharply. This will make your heartburn worse.

Contraindications to the use of soda orally:

intolerance to this chemical composition;
high acidity of gastric secretions;
gastrointestinal diseases in the acute stage;
ulcer;
pregnancy;
chronic renal failure;
cancer at stages 3 and 4, although there is a special method of treating oncology (even the last stage) with sodium bicarbonate, developed by the Italian doctor Tulio Simoncini.

Contraindications to the use of soda externally (in the form of hot baths):

diabetes;
high blood pressure;
vascular and heart diseases;
neoplasms;
exacerbation of dermatological disease;
open wounds;
pregnancy and lactation.

Important! You should not wash down your meals with soda solution (especially after overeating).

Although baking soda has nothing to do with drugs, it has found very wide use in alternative medicine.

Recipes for using sodium bicarbonate for medicinal purposes:

Heartburn, belching: fill a glass with boiled water to ¼ of its volume. Pour in 1 g of baking soda (you can add 3 ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice). Drink three times a day, 2 hours after meals or 30 minutes before. before eating.
Cough: heat 250 ml of milk, add 10 g of soda powder (to enhance the effect, add 15 ml of honey), drink at night.
Flux, toothache: dilute in 1 tbsp. water 30 g of soda, rinse your mouth well. These manipulations need to be repeated several times a day.
Sore throat: add to 1 tbsp. filtered water 1 tbsp. l. soda powder, stir until completely dissolved. To increase the effectiveness of the solution, add 2 drops of iodine and a little salt.
Rhinitis: prepare a solution of 20 ml of water and 2 g of bicarbonate. Use it as a nasal drop.
Inflammation of the bladder: at the first signs of cystitis, start drinking an alkaline composition (200 ml of water, 1 tsp of soda).
Hangover syndrome: dissolve 10 g of sodium bicarbonate in 200 ml of water, take orally.
Fungus on the feet: make a paste of baking soda and rub it into the affected area. Afterwards, rinse it and treat it with talcum powder.
Colds: do soda inhalations (5 g of soda per 250 ml of water), bring to a boil, breathe over the steam.
Candidiasis: make a composition for douching (15 g of powder per 1 liter of water).
Conjunctivitis: rinse eyes with a 2% solution.
Cancerous tumor: half an hour before meals, drink soda solution. You need to start treatment with 1-1.5 g of soda per 250 ml of hot water. Gradually increase the dosage to 2.5 g. Drink 3 times a day.