Am I understanding correctly that you'd have to take 16g of…

Y ·

Am I understanding correctly that you'd have to take 16g of baking soda if you weigh 80kg? How do you even do that?

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metamitya ·

"The total daily dose is commonly divided into smaller doses, ingested at multiple points throughout the day"

Y ·

Gotta keep those doses away from your meals or they will mess with the stomach acid.

metamitya ·

"The most common side-effects of sodium bicarbonate supplementation are bloating, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The incidence and severity of side-effects vary between and within individuals, but it is generally low."

Y ·

Sure. I think it's a great medicine. But it's a base and if you take it close to a meal it essentially makes the acids necessary for digestion useless. At least that's my understanding.

metamitya ·

I'm not arguing... just sharing :) everything ha risk, every supplement interferes in some way. Gotta be cautious and do small experiments.

Y ·

Yeah, I'm just wondering how to fit that dose into a day.

metamitya ·

When they do these studies they do huge doses to make sure to capture the effect. In the peppermint essential oil study I shared in the root thread they did 50ml which is very difficult to take. I was taking 1ml before my jiu jitsu practices and saw a very noticeable effect. So can try with a much smaller dose and see if you feel a change