Baking soda is an alkalizing agent...and there are others.BAKING SODA AND GOUT If you get baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) into your gout diet you add a well known alkalizing agent to it. The good news is that it gets many rave reviews from gout sufferers. It may well raise your pH level and alleviate or even cure your gout. For many people for whom this works it usually happens quickly - within a couple of weeks. Bicarbonate of soda is cheap and the remedy is an-easy-to-prepare part of a gout diet. Use half a teaspoon filled to the top of the spoon’s ridge, not above, (you don’t want a “mountain” of it in the spoon) with six fluid ounces of water. Make sure it dissolves completely in the water. Take, normally, four times a day, which includes one dose before bedtime. The body is said to be more acidic at night. Is it just a coincidence that many gout attacks happen after midnight and before daylight? Does bicarbonate of soda work? By making uric acid more soluble it removes more of it. And it may work in other ways, apart from its alkalising effect, to dissolve the MSU gout crystals. If so, this makes it a unique gout cure because all others aim at reducing uric acid levels. But, and sadly there’s always a “but” here, it does not work for everyone. Warning! Baking soda may not be your natural gout cure. It MUST ONLY BE TRIED with your doctor’s approval since this could have many side effects including high blood pressure, headaches, appetite loss, nausea, vomiting, stomach pains and others. Baking soda is high in sodium, so cut out salt if taking it. Gout attacks raise blood pressure. Moreover people with heart, kidney, and liver disease, and appendicitis should not try it, without their doctor's agreement. It is contraindicated with some prescription medicines. Take too much for too long and you could get alkalosis.So speak to your doctor first. It should not be taken when the stomach is too full. An empty stomach is better. If it works to raise your pH levels, and/or if your blood and urine uric acids levels fall, you’ll probably avoid restricting those foods which are more acidic. But of this doesn’t happen you may have to bite the bullet and restrict acid foods, eat more alkaline foods, or focus on another remedy. In an online poll about baking soda and gout, about 85% of respondents say that it's of value, or great value, and only about 15% do not find it of value. Some doctors reportedly don't think so either. So baking soda is not the cure-all for gout.
OTHER ALKALIZING AGENTS Baking soda in water is not the only alkalizing agent. Other alkalizing products you can take as part of your gout diet are: Herbal tinctures contain those herbs which remove acids. The best for gout sufferers are tinctures which have an alcohol free base because you should avoid alcohol as much as possible. Dietary supplements There are supplements which neutralise the acid in foods and beverages before you eat or drink them. Others restrict acid build up in the body. Alkaline water drops You can also drink alkaline water. To make alkaline water you put two drops of an alkaline concentrate into a glass of plain water, and it’s changed to alkaline water. Five glasses of alkaline water are recommended daily. Gout diets usually say you need at least eight glasses of water daily. Alkaline water enables you to drink less water Water ionizers You can make alkaline water at home with a water ionizer which makes them a natural home remedy for gout. Alkaline (ionized) water is water with excess oxygen in the form of OH-, not O2. It's described as being lively and much tastier than regular water.The best water ionizers adjust for the overall quality of water supply input. By so doing, they produce a correct pH level, irrespective of water supply quality, water pressure and flow rate. BAKING SODA, GOUT AND KIDNEY DISEASE Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is very under researched in gout and other disease treatments. But things may be looking up. In July 2009 The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology published, on its website, the results of a study at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, Great Britain. The study looked at the effect of baking soda on 134 patients with kidney disease and metabolic acidosis (low bicarbonate level). The effect of sodium bicarbonate on kidney disease had not been studied before. Gout and kidney disease are associated mainly because uric acid levels can rise, if kidney functioning is impaired. The chief finding in this study was that kidney disease progressed rapidly in only 9% of patients given baking soda, compared to 45% of those who did not receive it. And study patients who took sodium bicarbonate were less likely to reach the stage where they required dialysis. Hopefully the positive results from this study will encourage research into gout and baking soda.
Read the study abstract here
If you can take delivery in the U.S. or Canada we recommend Jupiter water ionizers. Find out more by clicking on an image of one of the Jupiter ionizers below. This company also offer a free DVD about alkaline water, and a free pH saliva test. They also ship to other countries.
If you can take delivery in the U.S., click on the Acid2Alkaline Formula advertisement below. Clicking on the advertisment does not commit you to a purchase, but enables you to browse a variety of alkaline products online. These include powder, alkaline drops, veg capsules, an inexpensive pH food chart, and pH paper to test pH levels.
If you can take delivery in the U.S. we recommend these alkaline drops from Swanson Vitamins. Hitting the buy button doesn't commit you. It takes you to the product page at Swanson Vitamins. Not expensive. Return from baking soda to best-gout-remedies.com home page
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