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| Articles about Baking Soda |
| | 12 beauty uses of baking soda | | 2008-01-06 04:18:00 | | You can concoct your own beauty products in the convenience of your home by mixing a few ingredients from your kitchen shelves. This statement might seem so oft-repeated and cliché, but surely we all have no second thoughts about the veracity of this claim. While olive oil is one such versatile product with a number of beauty uses, baking soda is another. Though it’s a known fact that baking soda | | By: Beauty & Personality Grooming | | |
| | What's the Skinny on Baking Soda and Body Fat? | | 2007-05-28 15:02:24 | | The other day I was scrolling through a list of keywords that people use to find my website and I kept coming across "Baking Soda and body fat" so I decided to do some research. What I came up with was interesting.
As far as I can tell baking soda per say does not directly, affect body fat. But, what I did find was a correlation between baking soda, citric acid and metabolism. You see our bodies are like a chemistry set and they have to be balanced to run properly. And one of the things that needs to balanced is our body's pH.
So what's pH?
Well technically, it stands for potential of hydrogen. It is a measure of the degree of saturation of the hydrogen ion in a substance or solution.
"Potential of Hydrogen measures the degree of the acidity or the alkalinity of a solution as measured on a scale (pH scale) of 0 to 14. The midpoint of 7.0 on the pH scale represents neutrality, i.e., a "neutral" solution is neither acid nor alkaline. Numbers below 7.0 indicate acidity; numbers greater than 7.0 indicate alkalinity."
I have no idea what the heck all that means but what I do know is that by measuring your bodies pH level you can determine if your body is too alkaline or acidic. Healthy people are slightly alkaline. Sick and unhealthy people are linked to acidic body environments. Your body pH affects almost everything about you. Your pH level influences every biochemical process in your body including weight loss and body fat!
The pH of your blood must at all times be between 7.3 and 7.4. "In the human body a pH balancing act is continuously going on to maintain homeostasis." So a body that has achieved homeostasis is a body that is functioning optimally. An optimally running body is one with a high functioning metabolism, good stamina and an overall feeling of wellbeing.
If you want to get serious about measuring your bodies' pH, you need to purchase a meter. You can buy simple test strips but from my research, they are not very reliable. I would | | By: Healthy Holistic Living News | | |
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| What's all the hype about Baking Soda? | | 2007-04-11 08:28:07 | | Baking Soda is a staple in just about every household. In some homes it's used strictly for baking in others, you will find the standard box in the refrigerator. In my home, it is used for just about everything. It is cheap, safe and actually does what it claims to do. What more could you ask for!
Baking Soda is sodium bicarbonate. It is found naturally in mineral deposits. Most of the baking soda in North America is mined in Wyoming. Not that it really matters all we have to do is buzz down to the local grocery store and grab a box.
If you go to the Arm & Hammer website you will find a great section on all the things you can do with baking soda.
You probably know by now that baking soda can be used for just about anything. It is one of the most multifaceted natural products you will ever find. There has been a resurgence in the use of baking soda over the last 20 years due to the increased interest in using environmentally friendly products. Studies show that baking soda is environmentally benign.
Check out this study at Pubmed, Safety and Efficacy of Baking Soda
There is a ton of information on the internet giving tips on the many uses of baking soda but chances are you've learned a few from your mom. You know it's a cleaning solution, that it neutralizes odors and cleans the drains with a bit of vinegar you probably know more than you think. Growing up, my mother used baking soda for everything. But it wasn't until I got sick that I went back to my roots and discovered that baking soda could really be used for everything!!
If you don't know the difference between baking soda and baking powder check out this article What Is the Difference Between Baking Soda & Baking Powder?
My Healthy Home Baking Soda Tips:
Quick note: I don't bake or cook so you won't find a single tip on using baking soda for cooking from me!
Kitchen
#1 Clean your cutting board weekly with baking soda. Spread baking soda over entire surface then pour | | By: Healthy Holistic Living News | | |
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