Can Baking Soda Cure Cancer?

There are several sites on the internet that claim baking soda, usually mixed with another ingredient, can cure cancer. Many of these claims even have a "personal experience" story to allegedly back up those claims. Can baking soda cure cancer?

Dr. Tullio Simoncini is known for treating cancer with baking soda injected directly into the cancerous area. He believes that cancers grow in a yeast environment and that baking soda kills this yeast so cancer cells die.

Others take a broader approach and just take baking soda orally, usually with another ingredient, such as maple syrup or molasses.

According to an article on Natural News, a man treated late stage prostate cancer himself by using baking soda with molasses as well as eating a nutritious diet and using special breathing exercises. The point was to raise the alkaline level in his body and to increase oxygen to kill cancer cells. According to the article, this treatment worked.

Since cancer cells use sugars to thrive, mixing the baking soda with maple syrup, or molasses, is intended to get the baking soda directly to the cancer. I don't understand how the baking soda would know to stay with the sugar once it enters the body, but if they say so.

But according to Health Central, taking too much baking soda can actually cause an overdose. Symptoms can be as severe as to include muscle spasms and convulsions. According to Cancer Treatment Watch, the injected treatment promoted by Dr. Simoncini is not only ineffective, but it is dangerous as well.

Why would anyone take baking soda to cure cancer? Many people cannot afford expensive cancer treatment or lose hope after all traditional methods of cancer treatment have been exhausted.

Baking soda in small amounts is for the most part a safe, natural remedy. But care should be taken not to overdo because of the potential for overdose. Also, be sure to check with your physician before trying any home remedies to cure any disease, even cancer. You want to be sure there will be no reactions especially if you are undergoing other medical treatments at the same time.

THIS ARTICLE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN.

FURTHER READING:

Paul Fassa; Bicarbonate of Soda Used to Treat Stage Four Prostate Cancer; http://www.naturalnews.com/027481_prostate_cancer_baking_soda.html

Health Central; How Is Baking Soda Used to Treat Cancer?; http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/h/how-is-baking-soda-used-to-treat-cancer.html

Rob Koene, MD, PhD and Sophie Josephus Jitta; Be Wary of Simoncini Cancer Therapy; http://www.cancertreatmentwatch.org/reports/simoncini.shtml