Every Woman Needs To Know These 9 Baking Soda Tricks

Aug 23, 2018

Too often, the products you use for your skin, your body or for cleaning around the house are harmful. You might even spend a premium on an organic product instead to try to avoid those harmful ingredients. But there might be an even cheaper alternative in your kitchen right now. Whether you eat it, put it on your teeth, rub it on your skin or throw it on your laundry, baking soda can do some amazing things. Read on to find out more.

When you have kidney disease, it is difficult for acids to leave your body. Sodium bicarbonate helps maintain the pH balance in your body, and a study found the rate of kidney disease reduced by two-thirds if people consumed baking soda.

When you get indigestion or heartburn, do you reach for medicines like Alka-Seltzer, Tums or Rolaids? According to doctors, these have alkaline in them, but you'd be better off taking baking soda. Just a teaspoon in a glass of water an hour after eating should bring relief.

You may have seen toothpaste and other oral hygiene products that contain baking soda. These can be great for your teeth, and they may be better for you than using baking soda directly on your teeth. The danger of brushing your teeth just with baking soda is that its abrasive qualities may wear down the enamel.

On the other hand, go right ahead and use baking soda as mouthwash. It's cheaper and just as effective if not more so than store-bought varieties. Put half a teaspoon in a glass of warm water and rinse your mouth out at bedtime. Baking soda can help against harmful bacteria and germs in your mouth and reach places that your toothbrush cannot.

Canker sores can be painful and ugly, but baking soda comes to the rescue here too. Put some baking soda in warm water, and use it two or three times daily to rinse your mouth. The alkaline will work on the infection and there should be improvement within three or four days.

You can also take deodorant out of your budget and use baking soda instead. It's a good natural odor eliminator because it makes your sweat less acidic. That neutralization stops your sweat from smelling bad.

The release of lactic exercise during exercise causes the burning sensation in your muscles. It's also lactic acid that lowers the pH level in your body, tires out your muscles and even causes cramps. If you consume a little baking soda before you exercise, your body will produce less lactic acid and you will perform better.

A sunburn means painful stinging, itchiness and redness. The antimicrobial properties in sodium bicarbonate mean baking soda works just as well or better than other products for soothing sunburn.

How many expensive stain removal products do you have? Most of the time, all you need is baking soda. When you combine baking soda, an alkaline, with white vinegar, it becomes carbon acid, which is probably in all of those cleaning products you have. You can use this to clean stains on your carpets, do your laundry and more.

As you can see, baking soda is an amazing, versatile product with lots of uses besides cooking. What are some other miraculous uses you have found for baking soda? Comment and let us know!

Our content is created to the best of our knowledge, yet it is of general nature and cannot in any way substitute an individual consultation with your doctor. Your health is important to us!