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Posted on 06/23/2018 7:43:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.
They have some of the first evidence of how the cheap, over-the-counter antacid can encourage our spleen to promote instead an anti-inflammatory environment that could be therapeutic in the face of inflammatory disease, Medical College of Georgia scientists report in the Journal of Immunology.
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.
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, problems which got O'Connor's lab thinking about baking soda.
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Also, drinking powdered coal does the same thing.
They have shown that when rats or healthy people drink a solution of baking soda …Pity it doesn’t make the rats conservative.
It raises the PH of water, and the PH of a body.
Baking soda alkalizes water/liquids.
Alkaline water is basically similar to mountain spring water.
But the stuff is good for lots of things, I'll say that much.
How much is a little?
No, it does not raise the pH of the human body. Please see buffer system for more info.
How much is a little?
Apparently, he’s not saying. Another article had this:
“Many people have been asking O’Connor for dosages, and he’s been telling them to put on the brakes. So far, the baking soda solution has only been tested on rodents and people without inflammation.
“It could have potential, but there’s no data behind it,” he says. “Whether or not it can have a significant effect we don’t know. There’s still more testing to come.”
There’s no advantage to trying it in the meantime, he says. Baking soda has high levels of sodium, which is linked to heart, kidney and other issues.”
They are probably trying to keep in under wraps, until they identify the mechanisms, and create an expensive drug they can patent.
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) makes the body more alkaline. Cancer cannot live in an alkaline environment.
A little too much and it will give you diarrhea.
I had acid reflux for 20 years after the birth of my second son. I lived on Rolaids all that time, but eventually even they wouldn’t keep it away. Baking soda didn’t help either. I finally asked my family doctor for help. He prescribed Nexium, and referred me to a gastroenterologist. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven once I’d started on the medication. The gastro doctor diagnosed with GERD and Barrett’s esophagus without dysplasia. I am required to have a Gastroscopy at least once a year so they can keep an eye on it. Acid Reflux isn’t anything to fool around with since it can develop into cancer if left unchecked.
One study I posted described 1/8 of a teaspoon, taken three times a day, with meals.
That is interesting. About two years ago I had a nasty bout of iritis, an inflammation of the iris. Since then it has recurred about four times. The ophthalmologist said it is caused by an autoimmune response since I didn’t get a hard punch to the eye which is the other possible cause.
Eno is an over the counter antacid brand, produced by GlaxoSmithKline. Its main ingredients are sodium bicarbonate, and citric acid; it is sometimes used for cooking, too.[1][2]"
I'm pretty open about my situation since it required me to be out of work a lot while these treatments were going on and you'd be surprised how many people say they have chronic reflux and/or Barrett's too. It's a lot. An epidemic almost, that hardly anyone even knows about, even people who have it don't realize how common it is.
Ditto
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