Baking Soda And Lemon Juice: Popular Recipe, Real Risks

*The information provided in this video is for educational and informational purposes only. This video does not render or provide medical advice, and no individual should make any medical decisions or change their health behavior based on information provided here. Reliance on any information provided is solely at your own risk. This video is primarily intended to elaborate on the research and mechanistic purported benefits of baking soda.

When I was in college studying exercise physiology, we always were aware of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) use as an ergogenic aid and at the time the research was still in it’s infancy and overall equivocal. However, in 2018 there’s been many more published papers and many have shown benefits on multiple levels (fat-loss, muscle-building, sport/exercise performance, kidney health, acid-base balance, digestive tract health, etc.). Personally, I’ve just experimented with 1/8-1/4 tsp of baking soda in 6-8 oz of water and my last few workouts have been amazing. Now perhaps this is a mindset moment via placebo effect, however, a placebo effect still has an effect 😉 All that said, there’s plenty enough evidence to support sensible baking soda use as part of a well-rounded balance diet. And quite frankly, it’s a natural common household item anyway for cleaning & baking purposes, but who knew this item would also have potent health & fitness benefits too!? Baking-soda spiked flax zucchini muffins anyone!? On a side note, I do not consume baking soda daily. I simply incorporate it sparingly and sensibly in times of desired added benefit via exercise/sport performance, alkalinity, etc.

References:

The Alkaline Diet: Is There Evidence That an Alkaline pH Diet Benefits Health?-

Acid accumulation is associated with metabolic alterations; higher energy, fat, and protein intake; and energy expenditure-

Sodium acetate induces a metabolic alkalosis but not the increase in fatty acid oxidation observed following bicarbonate ingestion in humans-

The Consumption of Bicarbonate-Rich Mineral Water Improves Glycemic Control: “Gut microbiome analysis demonstrated that composition of lean-inducible bacteria was increased after bicarbonate mineral water consumption”-

Alkaline diets favor lean tissue mass in older adults-

Sodium bicarbonate supplementation improves hypertrophy-type resistance exercise performance-

Mechanistic Insights into the Efficacy of Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation to Improve Athletic Performance-

Enhanced 400-m sprint performance in moderately trained participants by a 4-day alkalizing diet: A counterbalanced, randomized controlled trial-

Reduction in cardiovascular risk by sodium-bicarbonated mineral water in moderately hypercholesterolemic young adults-

Higher dietary acid load is associated with higher likelihood of peripheral arterial disease among American adults-

Higher dietary acid load is weakly associated with higher adiposity measures and blood pressure in Japanese adults: The National Health and Nutrition Survey-

The Balance of Bone Health: Tipping the Scales in Favor of Potassium-Rich, Bicarbonate-Rich Foods-

Dietary Acid, Age, and Serum Bicarbonate Levels among Adults in the United States-