Here’s What You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Baking Soda (From Fighting Heartburn To Cancer)

Baking soda is one of those things that can do pretty much anything.

Whether you use it for cleaning, personal hygiene or natural remedies against colds and cancer, baking soda has many uses.

The many benefits of baking soda makes it a staple among households who are serious about living healthy and saving money!

Some of the most helpful ways to use baking soda include:

1. Natural Deodorant

Mix a pinch of baking soda with water and apply the paste on your skin. It’s a lot cheaper and safer than store-bought deodorants that are filled with parabens and aluminum. You can also try this 3-ingredient recipe.

2. Insect Bites and Poison Ivy

Is your skin itchy? If it was caused by insect bites or poison ivy, using baking soda can help.

Simply mix it with water to make a paste and apply on affected regions. Baking soda helps relieve skin irritation by neutralizing toxins and irritants on your skin’s surface.

3. Heartburn, Indigestion, and Ulcer Pain

Baking soda can help relieve heartburn, indigestion and even ulcer pain.

Just take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda fully dissolved in half a glass of water. It’s incredibly effective!

However, make sure not to rely on this remedy every single day. Ingesting too much baking soda can cause an electrolyte imbalance. As always, too much of anything can be bad.

4. Foot Soak and Exfoliator

Add three tablespoons of baking soda to a tub of warm water for an invigorating foot soak.

You can also exfoliate your face and body by making a paste from three parts of baking soda combined with one part water. And because it’s so gentle, this is something you can do every day.

5. Relaxing Soak

Baking soda and apple cider make a wonderful spa-like bath for soaking. Add in some epsom salt or magnesium flakes to help detox and relax your whole body. This mixture will also help clean your tub and drain, at the same time!

6. Hand Cleanser

Want a quick and natural way to neutralize weird odors from your hands? Mix three parts baking soda with one part of water. Scrub gently on hands and rinse.

7. Splinter Removal

There’s no gentler way of getting a splinter out than by using baking soda.

Simply add a tablespoon of baking soda to a small glass of water, then soak the affected area twice a day.

Using this treatment will help the splinters come out on their own.

8. Sunburn Remedy

Use ½ cup of baking soda and mix it in lukewarm bathwater. Then let your body soak in the tub for natural relief.

9. Tooth and Gum Paste

If you’re concerned or believe that because baking soda is abrasive it will harm your teeth think again.

Commercially store-bought toothpaste are more abrasive in general than baking soda. (source)

The lower the number, the less enamel/dentin it is likely to be worn away. The higher the number – the more wear on your dentition.

RDA	TOOTHPASTE BRAND	SOURCE
07	straight baking soda	Church & Dwight
08	Arm & Hammer Tooth Powder	Church & Dwight
30	Elmex Sensitive Plus	Elmex
35	Arm & Hammer Dental Care	Church & Dwight
42	Arm & Hammer Advance White Baking Soda Peroxide	Church & Dwight
44	Squigle Enamel Saver	Squigle
48	Arm & Hammer Dental Care Sensitive	Church & Dwight
49	Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Tartar Control	Church & Dwight
49	Tom’s of Maine Sensitive (given as 40’s)	Tom’s
52	Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Regular	Church & Dwight
53	Rembrandt Original (RDA)	Rembrandt
54	Arm & Hammer Dental Care PM Bold Mint	Church & Dwight
57	Tom’s of Maine Children’s, Wintermint (given as mid-50’s)	Tom’s
62	Supersmile	Supersmile
63	Rembrandt Mint (‘Heffernan RDA’)	Rembrandt
68	Colgate Regular	Colgate-Palmolive
70	Colgate Total	Colgate-Palmolive
70	Arm & Hammer Advance White Sensitive	Church & Dwight
70	Colgate 2-in-1 Fresh Mint (given as 50-70)	Colgate-Palmolive
79	Sensodyne	Colgate-Palmolive
80	AIM	Unilever
80	Close-Up	Unilever
83	Colgate Sensitive Maximum Strength	Colgate-Palmolive
91	Aquafresh Sensitive	Colgate-Palmolive
93	Tom’s of Maine Regular (given as high 80’s low 90’s)	Squigle (Tom’s)
94	Rembrandt Plus	Rembrandt
94	Plus White	Indiana study
95	Crest Regular (possibly 99)	P&G (P&G)
101	Natural White	Indiana study
103	Mentadent	Squigle
103	Arm & Hammer Sensation	Church & Dwight
104	Sensodyne Extra Whitening	Colgate-Palmolive
106	Colgate Platinum	Indiana study
106	Arm & Hammer Advance White Paste	Church & Dwight
107	Crest Sensitivity Protection	Colgate-Palmolive
110	Colgate Herbal	Colgate-Palmolive
110	Amway Glister (given as upper bound)	Patent US06174515
113	Aquafresh Whitening	Indiana study
117	Arm & Hammer Advance White Gel	Church & Dwight
117	Arm & Hammer Sensation Tartar Control	Church & Dwight
120	Close-Up with Baking Soda (canadian)	Unilever
124	Colgate Whitening	Indiana study
130	Crest Extra Whitening	Indiana study
133	Ultra brite (or 120-140)	Indiana study (or Colgate-Palmolive)
144	Crest MultiCare Whitening	P&G
145	Ultra brite Advanced Whitening Formula	P&G
145	Colgate Baking Sode & Peroxide Whitening (given as 135-145)	Colgate-Palmolive
150	Pepsodent (given as upper bound)	Unilever
165	Colgate Tartar Control (given as 155-165)	Colgate-Palmolive
168	Arm & Hammer Dental Care PM Fresh Mint	Church & Dwight
200	Colgate 2-in-1 Tartar Control/Whitening or Icy Blast/Whitening (given as 190-200)	Colgate-Palmolive
200	recommended limit	FDA
250	recommended limit	ADA

Baking soda has a mild abrasive action that helps to remove plaque and polish, clean, and deodorize your teeth.

Baking soda also has antibacterial activity and has been found to kill Streptococcus mutans bacteria – a significant contributor to tooth decay.

For an incredibly effective tooth and gum paste try this recipe here.

More Benefits of Baking Soda

This is how one man cured his cancer using baking soda.

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