Never Be Without Baking Soda

By Dr. Mercola

You probably have at least one box of baking soda in your home right now. If you’re like many Americans, you might have a box in your pantry for baking, one in your refrigerator to absorb odors and another under your kitchen sink to use for cleaning.

What you might not have considered is that baking soda can be used for health purposes, too, so you might want to stash another box in your medicine cabinet.

What Exactly Is Baking Soda?

It’s 100 percent sodium bicarbonate, which can be used as a leavening agent in baked goods. When mixed with an acid, baking soda reacts, making bubbles and giving off carbon dioxide gas, which causes dough to rise. Anecdotal reports throughout history suggest that many civilizations used forms of baking soda when making bread and other foods that required rising. bacteria.¹⁰

You need to exert some caution in this area though as many believe baking soda can be too abrasive on your enamel, and Dr. Curatola believes that killing the oral microbiome may be highly counterproductive.

11. Teeth whitener

For a natural way to whiten your teeth, crush one ripe strawberry and mix it with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. Spread the mixture onto your teeth and leave on for five minutes. Then brush your teeth and rinse. This method should be used no more than once a week, as excessive use could potentially damage your tooth enamel.

How to Use Baking Soda as a Natural Cleanser

If you find it hard to believe that something as simple and inexpensive as baking soda could really clean your home, consider this: baking soda was used to clean and restore the inner copper walls of the Statute of Liberty during its 1986 restoration. It effectively removed grime without damaging the copper¹¹ – so think it might work around your home, too? Here are some of baking soda’s top uses for cleaning:

Sources and References

• Prevent Disease January 21, 2015

• ¹ Mother Nature Network March 15, 2010
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• ³ ArmandHammer.com Antacid
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• ⁶ Daily Mail August 16, 2008
• ⁷ See ArmandHammer.com Baking Soda
• ⁸ J Clin Dent. 2008;19(4):111-9.
• ⁹ Compend Contin Educ Dent Suppl. 1997;18(21):S17-21;quiz S46.
• ¹⁰ Prevent Disease January 21, 2015
• ¹¹ Bright Nest, Brief History of Baking Soda

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