Baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) for your health
Alkalizing / Antimicrobial / Oxygenating
Sodium bicarbonate can be used safely at home orally, transdermally, or in a nebulizer, douche or enema to correct deficiencies in alkalinity of body tissues as an aid to deal with many health issues
“Bicarbonate has a . . . commanding power over. . . the pH buffer system and thus the relative alkalinity of body tissues. Bicarbonate is present in all body fluids and organs and plays a major role in the acid-base balances in the human body . . . Bicarbonate deficiency is the most unrecognized medical condition on earth even though it is extraordinarily common”
– Mark Sircus Ac., O.M.D., author and experienced authority on Sodium Bicarbonate and Magnesium Chloride therapy
Renowned research scientist, Robert O Young, concludes a mini-review of Using sodium and potassium bicarbonates in the prevention and treatment of all sickness and disease with “The pH Alkalizing Lifestyle and Diet is a low acid producing diet and lifestyle that focuses on the foundational principal that the body is alkaline by design and yet acidic by function. This makes this program the ultimate program for preventing and reversing aging and the onset of sickness and disease. I would say that the pH Alkalizing Lifestyle and Diet is the perfect diet and lifestyle for a longer healthier life.”
Health benefits of sodium bicarbonate
Baking Soda can be used to rebalance over-acidic blood and tissues
Oral consumption of bicarbonate has been used to heal ulcers, colitis and other gastric disorders
Bathing in bicarbonate stimulates circulation. Possibly benefitting those with high blood pressure and moderate atherosclerosis
Baking soda + maple syrup used against cancer
“Cancer is, fundamentally, a relatively simple oxygen deficiency disease and the use of bicarbonate increases oxygen carrying and reaching capacity”
– Mark Sircus Ac., OMD Director International Medical Veritas Association
Cancer cells are acidic both inside and out
Baking soda mixed with maple syrup has had positive results eliminating cancer cells or curbing their growth rate
Baking soda / maple syrup against cancer
Baking soda is anti-microbial
pH of the blood is the most important factor to determine the state of the microorganisms in the blood
Sodium bicarbonate is a “World-Class” Antifungal
Wiping out fungal, yeast or mold colonies
Raising pH increases the immune system’s ability to kill bacteria
A study conducted at The Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine in London concluded that taking a sodium or potassium bicarbonate will help fight a respiratory infection and dampen symptoms such as a runny nose and sore throat, since viruses and bacteria that cause colds and bronchitis thrive in an acidic environment.
Baking Soda against oral spirochetes
Pushing the salt of baking soda into the crevices around your teeth with a toothbrush and floss causes spirochetes to die. Spirochetes are the culprits in Lymes disease, and possibly M.S. and other nerve disorders. Spirochetes can enter the body via the mouth E.g. after dental work
Baking soda protects kidneys from radiological / chemotherapy damage
Bicarbonate protects patients from harm done to kidneys as a consequence of:
- Highly toxic chemicals used in chemotherapy
- Radiation treatments
- Radioactive tests. E.g. Cardioangiopathy, CT scans, MRIs
US army recommends the use ofsodium bicarbonate to protect kidneys from radiological damage
Radiation and chemotherapy both deplete the body’s magnesium levels
Baking soda slows chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Bicarbonate dramatically slows the rate of decline in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Knudsen K, Abrahamsson J., 1997
Chronic kidney Disease – Baking soda slows kidney function decline
How to use baking soda as a therapy
For greatest effect in cancer, kidney disease, asthma and diabetes
Sodium bicarbonate should always be used with magnesium chloride – providing a powerfully synergistic therapy.
Transdermal magnesiumcChloride
Sodium bicarbonate can be used to increase bicarbonate levels in blood and tissues via the following methods:
Intravenously
Nebulized How to nebulize sodium bicarbonate
In douches and enemas
Transdermally – by putting considerable quantities in a bathtub and soaking in it or by making a lotion from dissolving bicarbonate in just enough water to put all the powder into solution.
Orally . To alkalize blood and tissues – add 1/4 teaspoon of aluminum-free baking soda (E.g. Bob’s Red Mill brand or Arm and Hammer) to 1/2 glass of water. Take once in the morning and once before bedtime. Best taken on an empty stomach. SOme variations include:
- With Vitamin C crystals – If you take your vitamin C in the form of crystals, you can mix equal quantity vitamin C crystals with the sodium bicarbonate. Add water and wait until the fizzing stops before drinking it. The sodium bicarbonate will neutralize the acidity of the vitamin C.
- With Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) – Add 1-2 tablespoon of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to ½ cup water. Taken 2-3 times a day. The pH of this formula is about 7. The minerals in ACV also have an alkalizing effect in the body.
- With Lemon juice – to one whole, freshly squeezed lemon, keep adding baking soda slowly bit by bit until the fizz stops. Then add water to one half glass. Take once in the morning and once before bedtime.
Test Body's pH levels - to prevent over-alkalization when utilizing sodium bicarbonate treatment
You can overdo anything!
Sodium bicarbonate treatment will drive pH levels up quickly throughout most of the tissues making it an effective treatment in many health problems demonstrating a bicarbonate deficiency
All physiological processes in the body, including the immune system, are pH sensitive and work most efficiently within an ideal ph range.E.g. cancer patients, whose blood is generally more acidic than is ideal, do better when their blood is within certain slightly alkaline limits. Also many tumors (but not all) are acidic and can be neutralized by raising their pH utilizing baking soda treatment.
However, pre-clinical studies have shown that too much sodium bicarbonate, and/or continuing sodium bicarbonate treatment for too long, is harmful to normal tissues (especially kidney and bladder tissues).
The level that is “too much” and the time that is “too long” are unknown, and likely differ for each person (E.g. Older patients with limited kidney function are likely to be more sensitive to baking soda treatment)
It is necessary to test body’s pH levels daily as a guide to determine dosages
Addressed in his book Sodium Bicarbonate – Rich Man’s Poor Man’s Cancer Treatment, Dr. Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD, DM (P) Director International Medical Veritas Association emphasizes that the key to safe use of sodium bicarbonate is the monitoring and testing of both urinary and saliva pH with pH test paper or an electronic tester. He recommends people do this every morning and chart their results, and whenever taking strong baking soda baths, do the same thing soon after getting out of the tub.
Dr. Sircus suggests that urinary pH not go over 8.0 – and Arm & Hammer also states on their box to stop therapy and allow the pH to drop back down after a week of high use.
References
Knudsen K, Abrahamsson J. Epinephrine and sodium bicarbonate independently and additively increase survival in experimental amitriptyline poisoning. Crit Care Med. 1997;25(4):669−674. PubMed
