[Bellflower]

Baking soda makes a wonderful and gentle scrub in place of nasty cleansers. It really cleans stainless steal, silver and other metals. If it doesn't come off right away, let it soak. A burner can be slightly heated to accelerate the scrubbing ability. Cleans my glass top burner and toilets.

That being said, germs, fungus, cancers, and diseases in general like a certain PH to survive. Change it and they can die. Baking soda changes it. I take baking soda if a cold or flue seems to be coming on and the next day I have a sore throat from detoxifying but am not otherwise sick.

[LadyDoc]

That being said, germs, fungus, cancers, and diseases in general like a certain PH to survive.

true. I have little problem with local use of bicarb,

The problem is that humans also need a certain PH to survive.

We docs use bicarb for diabetic acidosis, and in our dialysis patients to counteract their renal acidosis

But sodium bicarb has a lot of sodium in it, and in the good old days, we saw a lot of people with pulmonary edema or congestive failure from taking too much sodium because they took bicarb for their "heartburn"...