Against the backdrop of high popularity, sodium hydrogen carbonate, like any other product, has its negative side, associated with severe phenomena occurring in the human body as a result of improper use. What is the reason for this and whether soda is really harmful to the human body in fact?
How soda acts on the human body
To understand, soda is harmful to the body or not, you need to clearly understand what its properties make this product. It is widely known that with the help of soda solution it is possible to:
- normalize the pH level;
- reduce the level of acidity due to the alkaline properties of soda;
- conduct skin bleaching procedures, tooth enamel;
- strengthen the healing properties of the body;
- remove toxins and toxins from the body;
- reduce pain symptoms in certain diseases.
But despite these wonderful properties, the soda damage to the human body is also a topic for conversation among ordinary consumers and doctors. By itself, sodium bicarbonate does not have a negative effect on the human body, if it is used in reasonable quantities.
Recently, you can often see in print and online publications telling about miraculous healings of people, the accents that it is soda is a panacea for all diseases, its unique universal properties.
Grabbing such information, many people start using sodium hydrogen carbonate thoughtlessly to solve health problems - lose weight with it, treat cancer, cleanse the body of toxins, etc. Such things categorically cannot be tolerated without going through a full medical examination without blood tests and without consulting a doctor. Sometimes blind confidence in limitless possibilities can demonstrate the harmfulness of soda to the body.
It must be understood that baking soda is a substance that can not be used in place of a medicinal product prescribed by a specialist for the treatment of a disease. It is used as an auxiliary substance, which helps to normalize the acid-base balance and blood state.
In the treatment of diseases that are treated with potent drugs, soda can reduce the negative effect of their toxic components on the body, while not at all hindering their therapeutic effect and without exerting an aggressive influence on the tissues and organs of the digestive tract.
Who is contraindicated in soda?
The question is whether it is harmful to drink soda, does not have an unambiguous answer to the fact that each person has certain characteristics of the body. To understand, you can use soda or not, you need to know your level of acidity, take into account the accompanying chronic diseases and how much the body can be sensitive to the components of sodium bicarbonate.
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Baking soda[/caption]Given all these factors, doctors do not advise using soda solutions:
- pregnant women, especially in the first trimester;
- patients prone to allergies;
- nursing mothers;
- children under 5 years;
- as a whitening dental product to people who have hypersensitivity to dental tissues external stimuli;
- often with heartburn;
- patients with pancreatitis;
- patients with diseases of the cardiovascular system - arterial hypertension.
Adverse Events
Even the fact that soda is an excellent antacid and can quickly neutralize the increased acidity, it should not be consumed more than 1 time as an anti-burn agent, as this can lead to its repetition and strengthening of the body's reaction. The reason for this is as follows:
- The intake of soda reduces the release of hydrochloric acid, but this effect is short-lived. The released carbon dioxide aggressively affects the cells of the gastric mucosa, which produce hydrochloric acid.
- Carbon dioxide acts as a stimulant of the same cells and the process of releasing gastric acid begins to pass more actively.
- As a result of this, the discomforting state starts again, which causes heartburn.
Similar methods of treating heartburn can cause with frequent use of it ulcers on the stomach mucosa. The increased production of carbon dioxide can provoke increased flatulence, bloating, and also have an unexpected laxative effect and cause diarrhea.
Alkalosis is a process of alkalizing the blood, which can also occur due to the prolonged use of soda in large quantities. Often this phenomenon is accompanied by loss of appetite, vomiting, and cramps in the abdomen. If the time is not taken, there may be a deterioration in the work of the whole organism.
Due to the harm of baking soda for the body, there are also other signs of a large amount of alkali in it, which are expressed in spontaneous prolonged muscle contractions - cramps, headaches, nervousness, anxiety.
In addition, the harm of baking soda for the human body can manifest itself in the increase in pressure that occurs due to the supersaturation of the body with sodium.
Do not use soda inside during pregnancy. Doctors are allowed in the period of bearing the baby to use only locally - as a cosmetology, to rinse the mouth, do foot baths. After internal application of soda in large quantities, irreversible processes in the body of a pregnant woman can begin. If the pressure rises, it can lead to involuntary miscarriage.
Symptomatology, which can cause alkalosis, can adversely affect not only the condition of the future mother, but also severely harm the baby.
Medical advice
That baking soda remained a true friend and helper for each of us, it is necessary to take it right. It is necessary to remember that the daily norm of sodium hydrogen carbonate, when drunk for 1 time should not exceed 25 mg.
Before ingestion, soda should be dissolved in hot water and consumed by slightly cooling.
In no case can you drink soda while eating or immediately after you have eaten. This can adversely affect the work of the digestive tract. It is better to use it for 20-30 minutes before or after eating.
As a preventive food baking soda should be consumed constantly. If the body does not accept such a scheme, you can do 10 day breaks and take soda in the solution 1 time per day for two months, and then repeat the prophylaxis after the break.
Nutritional soda, no matter how miraculous it is considered by many consumers, is not a cure for all diseases in the modern world. Several centuries ago, with its help, it was possible to cure the most serious ailments.
But today, when diseases mutate, and ecology has a high level of pollution, which negatively affects human immunity, it is worthwhile to give priority to modern medicines for the treatment of serious diseases, and to use sodium bicarbonate in reasonable doses as a prophylactic, body cleanser and only after talking with the attending physician.