6. Kidney Disease
One of the main reasons your body produces sodium bicarbonate is to protect your kidneys from acid damage during digestion (5).
The National Health Institute has even conducted experiments that show that kidney dialysis using bicarbonate agents have more restorative properties than standard dialysis treatments (6).
High levels of sodium bicarbonate have resulted in a 2/3 slower decline of kidney health in patients with chronic kidney disease (7).
Plus, a study conducted by the Royal Hospital in London proved bicarbonate’s ability to slow the progression of kidney disease (8).
7. Cancer
Cancer is a disease of acidity. In fact, studies have found time and again that cancer cells tend to die in alkaline environments.
It’s believed that eating more alkaline foods, including baking soda can help transform an acidic body into an alkaline one. One man even used it to successfully manage his stage-4 prostate cancer (9,10,11).
It also works topically to treat skin cancer, as one mother-daughter duo experienced firsthand. You can read their account here.