Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University/Science Daily ^ | April 25, 2018 | Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

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A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.

They have shown that when rats or healthy people drink a solution of baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, it becomes a trigger for the stomach to make more acid to digest the next meal and for little-studied mesothelial cells sitting on the spleen to tell the fist-sized organ that there's no need to mount a protective immune response.

Mesothelial cells line body cavities, like the one that contains our digestive tract, and they also cover the exterior of our organs to quite literally keep them from rubbing together. About a decade ago, it was found that these cells also provide another level of protection.

In the spleen, as well as the blood and kidneys, they found after drinking water with baking soda for two weeks, the population of immune cells called macrophages, shifted from primarily those that promote inflammation, called M1, to those that reduce it, called M2. Macrophages, perhaps best known for their ability to consume garbage in the body like debris from injured or dead cells, are early arrivers to a call for an immune response.

In the case of the lab animals, the problems were hypertension and chronic kidney disease.

"The shift from inflammatory to an anti-inflammatory profile is happening everywhere," O'Connor says. "We saw it in the kidneys, we saw it in the spleen, now we see it in the peripheral blood."

When they removed or even just moved the spleen, it broke the fragile mesothelial connections and the anti-inflammatory response was lost, O'Connor says.

The treatment also attenuates inflammation and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis.

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[thecodont]

I use a European product called Crastan Effervescente (con succu limone), which tastes good as the name implies and gives you the sodium bicarbonate. There exist similar American products.

Brioschi is another lemon-flavored bicarbonate of soda that's good and effective at settling an acid stomach. It used to be more widely advertised and was even available in local pharmacies. At least you can still buy it on Amazon.

[steve86]

Yeah, I have it right now.

I really regret losing Mrs. Don-O’s handle on FB; she was my all-time favorite poster on this or any forum.

[Lazamataz]

I have decided I do not like the diseases and disorders that come with age.

Therefore, I would like to announce that I have locked my age counter. It shall no longer register any additional age.

Thanks for understanding.

[steve86]

Well, you’re five years older than you thought you were because the thread is from 2019.

[Lazamataz]

CRAP!

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