Baking Soda for Your Health!

Baking soda can be used for a variety of different things, but one of the best things about it is, it is all natural and can be used for many different health issues! Actually, it already is being used! You use it every day and don't even realize it! Check out your tooth paste, mouth wash, soap, check most of the pharmaceutical items in your home and I would bet you will see the words sodium bicarbonate, the scientific name of baking soda! Yup, that's right, baking soda is in just about everything you use!

Below I have listed several quick and easy uses for baking soda.

Brush your teeth!

Make a paste of one part baking soda and one part hydrogen peroxide, then brush as usual. The combination not only cleans your teeth but whitens them as well.

Get Rid of Heartburn!

Add one teaspoon of baking soda to an eight ounce glass of water and drink slowly. By the time your done, your heartburn will be gone!

Stop the itch!

Make a paste of one part baking soda and one part water and spread on insect bites, bee stings, poison ivy or chicken pox to stop the itch!

Clean your sinuses!

All the dust and irritants you breath in every day get stuck in your nose and sinuses. Clean them out easily by mixing one tsp. baking soda, one tsp. kosher or sea salt and twelve ounces of water, then gently squeeze the water up your nose with a nasal aspirator.

Stop Smelly Feet!

Afraid to take your shoes off at other people's houses? Well no more! Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda on your feet and in your shoes each day to absorb wetness and odors.

Stop body odor!

Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda all over your body each morning after your shower, just like you would regular baby powder. The baking soda absorbs all odors! Search the internet to learn how to make your own deodorant from baking soda as well!

These are just a few of the many health related issues you can help by baking soda! Take some time and search the internet for thousands of other uses! Not only is baking soda healthier for you, but it is cheaper too! The average size box of baking soda costs less than a dollar and you will get hundreds of uses out of one box! Please remember these are only suggestions based on my experience using baking soda.