Baking soda diet!

[Anonymous]

I'm kind of worried about my friend... She has put on some weight and for some time now she uses baking soda on whatever she cooks. From what she tells me, due to the baking soda she eats smaller portions and is satisfied quickly. The result is that she doesn't have cravings between the meals and indeed she is losing weight! I'm happy for her but is there any possibility that the baking soda is harmful to her body! Just in case, if someone knows anything please answer.

[aMuse]

Baking soda = Sodium bicarbonate. It's an ionic compound and dissociates in water into sodium and bicarbonate... High levels of bicarbonate in your diet can cause heartburn, stomach ulcers, higher acidity in your blood, etc. Our bodies transport CO2 (carbon dioxide) through the body as bicarbonate. It's a wast product of cellular respiration that we breath out as CO2. If your blood CO2 levels get too high/blood gets too acidic, you can be effected by acidosis. High sodium diets also can effect your health. So problems people suffer from that are on high sodium diets include but are not limited to high blood pressure, water retention, cirrhosis, kidney disease, and a build-up of fluid in people with congestive heart failure.

[aMuse]

*waste, *Some

[Asker]

thanks a lot! you've been really helpful!

[palek]

I do something similar. When I'm on a diet I always smear a little of my feces in the pan. I think it's far healthier than baking soda - not to mention more flavorful.

[WavyCherry]

That sounds so unhealthy!

Why don't girls just go to the gym and eat right?! It's always the best way regardless of anything.

[Anonymous]

I have no clue... can you find an article on it? did she make this up?

[Distant]

That's called starvation and she will put the weight back on as soon as she stops, lol. Why not tell her to, I don't know, go to a gym? Some girls are f***eddddd.

[Looner]

Doesnt sound very healthy. I don't think its harmful though.

[caligirl3]

doesn't sound healthy at all