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A quickie on the proper use of Baking Soda as a means to helping the body maintain safe level of alkalinity... would half a teaspoon in half glass of water be safe to take, and if so, would it help to keep the body in a balanced acid/alkaline state? How many times a week should this be taken?


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It will have NO effect on your body's pH which is regulated carefully by a number of different buffering systems.

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