I do not think we make “sodium bicarbonate,” per se, but it appears to be useful, despite the added sodium.
Do they make a big deal out of the aluminum free baking soda? I’m hearing bad stuff about Al relative to vaccines and Alzheimer’s.
Sodium is a vital nutrient for all mammals. Without it, we die.
From The Peoples’ Pharmacy site, quoting a Gastroenterology article:
“Some people selected doses of bicarbonate that would result in several hundred milliliters of gas release within 3 min; it seems likely that such injudicious ingestion of sodium bicarbonate, if taken when the stomach was distended with air, food, and liquid, could be an important factor in spontaneous gastric rupture.”
But who has “low bicarbonate” levels? That’s not going to be the majority of patients with chronic kidney disease.
Can I add it to my apple cider vinegar shots?
Between this and the cancer thread, this is definitely stupid day.
The LAST thing anyone should EVER contemplate is increasing the pH of your gastric acid by ingesting baking soda.
Totally-asinine and ignorant.
Do more research; you’re completely in left field here.
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When I was a child I saw my great-grandfather take sodium bicarbonate dissolved in a small glass of water. He’s dead now. Is there a connection? Does sodium bicarbonate kill? /sarc
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Your body tries to maintain blood pH within a very tight parameter. 7.35 to 7.45. A variety of metabolic processes depend upon that.
If you get outside of that range you can develop acidosis or alkalosis, neither of which are good.
Some advanced chronic kidney disease can cause metabolic acidosis and may benefit from sodium bicarbonate, but if you have that level of disease you better not be self medicating or you won’t be around for long.
People with high blood pressure or nephrotic syndrome kidney disease should be limiting their sodium intake and that includes avoiding sodium bicarbonate.