Baking Soda Offers Potential Anticancer Effect, Multiple Studies Reveal

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Sodium bicarbonate, better known as baking soda, has been used for decades as a first line of defense against every kind of “acidic” health problem—including cancer.  Naturally, the question remains—is there any proof that baking soda is a defense against cancer or any other chronic dis-ease?

History Has Much to Teach Us About Natural Health Care

In a booklet titled “Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Medical Uses,” published in 1924, Dr. Volney S. Cheney explains his clinical successes in using sodium bicarbonate to treat both the common cold and flu.  His comments are actually quite remarkable …

“In 1918 and 1919, while fighting the ‘flu’ with the U.S. Public Health Service it was brought to my attention that rarely anyone who had been thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild attacks.”

Sodium bicarbonate has been and still is used to make urine less acidic. This helps the kidneys get rid of uric acid and is used medically to prevent gout and kidney stones.  Even athletes use sodium bicarbonate to improve endurance. In fact, cells that have enough bicarbonate consume more energy at rest—so they are better able to transport glucose and lactate.

Can Baking Soda Help Cancer Patients Heal Naturally?

Sodium bicarbonate has a range of positive effects on breast cancer in animals, including increasing tumor pH, reducing lymph node involvement, and inhibiting metastases. Moreover, baking soda has been demonstrated to suppress cancerous growths, regulate the pH balance of cells and tissues, and elevate cell voltage.