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10 Best Uses and Benefits of Baking Soda Not to Miss

Baking soda is a white crystalline powder which is also known as Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) . Baking soda is non toxic compound and very handy. Obviously you are thinking that what are uses and health benefits of baking soda actually?

Top 10 Uses & Benefits of Baking Soda

Baking sod can be used easily and safely in cooking, cleaning, plumbing and health care without using other expensive chemical products.

1. Effective Antacid

It is an effective, safe and excellent home remedy to relieve acid indigestion and heartburn. Drink a mixture of warm glass of water with half spoon of baking soda. It neutralizes the stomach acid. But should not be used regularly. Could cause side effects.

2. Natural Deodorant

Mix one-eighth of a teaspoon of baking soda and one tablespoon of water. Rub the mixture under your arms. It eliminates odor quickly.

3. Ease a Sore Throat

Gargling for several times the mixture of sodium bicarbonate and water is an excellent home remedy to cure sore throat. Gargling for every 2 hours is best to ease a sore throat.

4. Protect Enamel

Brushing teeth by adding a pinch of baking soda on your toothpaste is a fantastic remedy to protect the enamel. Mix soda in warm water and gargling for several time is best to protect the enamel.

5. Freshen Your Mouth and Whitening Teeth

It neutralizes the odor, whitens teeth, eliminates bad breath and protect your enamel as well which is one of the important health benefits of baking soda. Add a half spoon of baking soda in 1 glass of warm water and gargle for some time. You can just add a pinch of it on toothpaste.

6. Sunburn, Skin irritations Remedy

For soothing sunburns, insect bites, itching and other skin irritations, you can have a warm bath containing a half cup of sodium bicarbonate. It gives best results.

7. Deodorize Garbage Disposals, Lunch Boxes

Sprinkling soda in the garbage will neutralize odor of garbage. You can clean dishes and lunch boxes with baking soda water.

8. Deodorize Refrigerator

Keeping a bowl containing sodium bicarbonate (or opened box) in your refrigerator eliminates odors and keep it fresh.

9. Cleaning Bathroom, Toilets, Basin, Tiles

In all top benefits of baking soda it is most important. You can clean your bathroom, toilets, basin and tiles by the use baking soda.
How to use it?
Mixing baking soda and vinegar are the best household products that clean bathroom, basins. Sprinkle baking soda in toilets, bathroom. Keep it as it is for 30 minutes then rub and wash the tiles. Or add 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of baking soda into the toilet bowl. Let set for 10 minutes and swish it around with a toilet brush. Don’t flush the toilet for 5 minutes. Swish it again then flush. Similarly you can just add 1 cup of sodium bicarbonate into the basin. Keep it as it is for 10 minutes. Clean it as usual and flush it.

10. Carpet, Car Cleaning

Sprinkle sodium bicarbonate on carpet and let set for 20 minutes. After that vacuum up as usual. It will deodorize and clean the carpet. You can wash car with water containing a cup of sodium bicarbonate.

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