There are many natural remedies that provide hidden health benefits for our body. Take baking
soda for example; it’s mainly recognized for causing dough to rise by producing carbon dioxide.
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8. Deodorant: I know most of us have their specific brand of deodorant; whether it be
Axe or Old Spice, but I figured I’d tell you that baking soda can also be used for it as well. An
article written by John Henderson Lamb, M.D. at the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology,
School of Medicine, University of Oklahoma provides a small, but accurate study that
sodium bicarbonate can be used as an underarm deodorant. The study was conducted on 63 senior
medical students at the School of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma. Once a week, that senior
medical class was examined; nine students at a time for a period of one month would use baking
soda as an underarm deodorant. At the end of the year, each student was given a questionnaire to
fill out regarding their experience with baking soda as an underarm deodorant. The
results indicated that all 63 students said sodium bicarbonate was a good deodorant,
the majority said it did not irritate their skin and more than half said they were still using
the product. Try patting some baking soda onto your armpits and see if you notice a difference.
7. May Slow Down Chronic Kidney Disease: Our kidneys are extremely important; they help
remove excess waste and water from the blood. When people are suffering from chronic kidney disease,
they slowly begin to lose function in their kidneys. A study published in the Journal
of the American Society of Nephrology wanted to see if there was any association between
sodium bicarbonate and the reduction of chronic kidney disease. For the study,
134 patients with chronic kidney disease were given a dose of sodium bicarbonate
for two years or standard care. Results showed that patients who supplemented
with sodium bicarbonate were significantly less likely to experience rapid progression.
6. Relieves Itchy Skin: According to the book “Tips for Managing Treatment-Related Rash and
Dry Skin,” one of the best bathes you can take is a lukewarm bath while adding 1 to
2 cups of baking soda. According to Medical News Today, baking soda can help promote the
healing of rashes, soothe inflamed skin, and even reduce irritation and itching.
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5. May Improve Exercise Performance: According to an article published in
the journal Food and Nutrition Sciences, sodium bicarbonate may be able to increase
physical performance during high intensity exercise. During high-intensity exercise,
muscles keep up with the demand for energy by converting carbohydrate to lactic acid. A
buildup of acid inside the muscle cells is partially responsible for muscle fatigue.
Sodium bicarbonate is an alkalising agent which means it can reduce the acidity of
the blood. By doing this, it could draw more of the acid produced in the muscles into the blood
which would reduce the acidity in the muscles and potentially delay fatigue.
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down the top ways baking soda can help your body!
4. Mouthwash: Mouthwash is a great addition to brushing your teeth. It can reach certain corners
your toothbrush cannot get to. Not only that, but it can help keep your gums healthy. The reason
why gums become swollen or bleed is because of the accumulation of plaque on your teeth,
according to Dynamic Dental. But baking soda helps discourage plaque and prevent gum disease.
Dissolve one to two teaspoons of baking soda in cold water to make a soothing mouth rinse.
3. Soothes Canker Sores: Anyone who’s gotten a canker sore knows that they’re
painful and annoying. The good news is that baking soda can help relieve the
pain and evan get rid of it. According to an article published on PubMed,
in 1973, a Mouth Clinic was opened at Sunnybrook Hospital. In a span of 7 years,
over 3,000 patients visited that clinic. Most of those patients suffered from chronic ulceration,
and therapy that each patient was doing was not working effectively. Treatment
for chronic ulceration at the clinic was emphasized with baking soda mouthwashes and
careful teeth cleaning to help minimize the accumulation of plaque. Results showed that
out of every 10 patients they dealt with, 7 of them saw a significant improvement.
2. Treating Heartburn: The Cleveland Clinic explains that heartburn is caused when your
stomach acid flows back into your food pipe or esophagus, if you want to get technical.
When this occurs, you will feel an uncomfortable burning feeling in your chest that can spread to
your neck and throat. They add that you may also feel a bitter taste in the back of your throat
as well. This can last between a few minutes to a few hours. To help with heartburn, people can use
baking soda to help relieve the pain. According to an article written by Truven Health Analytics and
published on PubMed, sodium bicarbonate, which is also known as baking soda, is widely used to help
relieve heartburn and acid indigestion. It does this by neutralizing the excess stomach acid.
They add that when it is used for this purpose, sodium bicarbonate belongs to a group of medicines
called antacids; which neutralize stomach acidity. Do not give this to children who are 6-years-old
or younger unless your doctor prescribes it. In order to properly consume baking soda to relieve
heartburn, dissolve a teaspoon of baking soda into a glass of cold water, mix thoroughly and drink.
1. Whitening Your Teeth: If you're a cigarette smoker, you might want to try this one out.
Each night before you go to bed, try mixing several teaspoons of baking soda with lemon
juice or water to make a paste. Put the paste on your tooth brush and brush your
teeth for one minute. After doing this for a few consecutive days, the stains on your
teeth should improve. Further research that is published on PubMed can add more merit to
this claim. The study found on PubMed was a six-week clinical study of four commercially
available teeth cleaning pastes that claim to remove stains from teeth. The study was done to
compare the efficiency of Colgate Tartar Control with Baking Soda & Peroxide Fluoride Toothpaste;
Aquafresh Advanced Whitening Toothpaste with Fluoride; Rembrandt Tartar Control Low
Abrasion Fluoride Whitening Toothpaste; and Crest Regular Fluoride Toothpaste. Each participant of
the study was put into one of four groups which included age, gender, tobacco habits, and level
of tooth stain. Each subject was instructed to brush their teeth for one minute, twice a day
with their assigned toothpaste. At the end of the six-week study, participants using Colgate Tartar
Control with Baking Soda & Peroxide Fluoride saw significantly lower levels of tooth stain.
Now that you know how baking soda can help you in your everyday life,
here are some more handy uses that you probably didn't know about everyday household items!
Ketchup: Did you know that ketchup can help clean silver jewelry? That's right,
it can! No need to spend money on expensive cleansers. To clean your silver jewelry with
ketchup, just soak your jewelry in a bowl of ketchup for just a few minutes, and voila!
Newspaper: Got any funky, lingering smells in your fridge that you just
can't seem to get rid of? Well, try placing newspapers inside the bins of your fridge,
and witness those funky smells disappear!
Rubber bands: Busy moving things out of a room and can't open the door yourself
because your hands are too full? Well, if this ever happens to you and you don't
have anyone there to help you move things around or open and close a door for you,
you might want to try this: to keep a door open, loop a rubber band around the inside
and outside knobs of a door. Twist the elastic so that an 'X' shape holds the latch open!
A penny: Do you love flowers but hate how quickly they die? Well,
there is one item that may be able to solve all your dead flower problems! The next time
you buy a new bouquet of flowers, drop a penny into the water in the vase and
add a dash of sugar. Your flowers will stay alive longer! The reason pennies can keep
flowers alive for a longer period of time is because copper is actually a fungicide
and it can naturally kill off the bacteria and fungi that kill flowers. The more you know!
Now that you know what baking soda can do for your body as well as some helpful uses to some
other common household items, it’s time to try ‘em out! And what are some other household items
that help make your day to day life easier? Let us know in the comments section below!
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