bicarbonate of soda
is made of sodium carbonate
epsom salts
is made of magnesium sulphate

this is what my product labels say
but i have only come across epsom salts that are not
for internal use
so that would mean the epsom salts are not food grade

i am new to this list
Anna Glynn (ireland)



--- surpriseshan2@... wrote:

> I thought this was interesting. Also if
> this will help fatigue in
> athlets; why wouldn't it help fatigue with various
> illnesses?
> Wouldn't this be good for those whom sauna
> too?
> Plus it is certainly good for teeth and
> cavities; that must be why
> the recipe I have for using when brushing one's
> teeth has a lot of
> bicarbonate in it. (in third article down -
> "Bicarbonate has been shown to decrease
> dental plaque acidity induced by sucrose and its
> buffering capacity is important
> to prevent dental cavities. Other studies have shown
> that bicarbonate inhibits
> plaque formation on teeth and, in addition,
> increases calcium uptake by dental
> enamel."
> Can anyone explain exactly
> the difference exactly
> between food-grade baking soda, Bicarbonate and
> food-grade Epson Salts?
> Best wishes
> Shan
>
> Bicarbonate in Drinking Water
> http://www.mgwater.com/page2.shtml
>
> Bicarbonate is essential for maintaining the
> acid-base balance of the blood.
> When ingested with mineral water, it helps buffer
> lactic acid generated during
> exercise and also reduces the acidity of dietary
> components. Drinking mineral
> water before exercising can help muscular fatigue
> and so increase the
> performance of short- term physical exercise.
> Magnesium bicarbonate in drinking water
> enters body cells and increases the concentrations
> of bicarbonate ions inside
> body cells.
>
>
> Effects of ingested bicarbonate
> http://www.mgwater.com/bicarb.shtml
> For digestion, bicarbonate is naturally produced by
> the gastric membrane in
> the stomach. This production will be low in alkaline
> conditions and will rise
> in response to acidity. In healthy individuals this
> adaptive mechanism will
> control the pH perfectly. To modify this pH with
> exogenous doses of bicarbonate,
> some clinical experiments have been conducted with
> sodium bicarbonate loads as
> high as 6 g. Only a transient effect on pH has been
> obtained. It is quite
> possible that bicarbonate in water may play a
> buffering role in the case of
> people sensitive to gastric acidity. Thus
> bicarbonate may be helpful for digestion.
>
> The most important effect of bicarbonate ingestion
> is the change in acid-base
> balance as well as blood pH and bicarbonate
> concentration in biological
> fluids. It has been studied particularly in
> physically active people. Among the
> types of acid produced, lactic acid generated during
> exercise is buffered by
> bicarbonate. In a study on sports, a dose of 0.3 g
> per kg of body weight of sodium
> bicarbonate was given (15.25 g bicarbonate for a man
> of 70 kg) to subjects
> before performing 30 minutes cycling. While blood pH
> was increased and then
> maintained constant with this bicarbonate load due
> to the changes in blood
> bicarbonate concentrations, increased acidity and
> decreased bicarbonate blood
> concentration were observed in controlled subjects.
> Mineral water which contains
> bicarbonate (>600 mg/l) may have an effect on
> acid-base balance. It is the case of
> Qu zac. The daily consumption of 1.5 liter of Qu zac
> in healthy subjects has
> produced a significant increase in the urinary pH
> due to the ingested
> bicarbonate (1685 mg/l).
>
>
> Prevention of renal stones
>
> Bicarbonate also reduces the acidity of dietary
> components such as proteins.
> As an example, adding sodium or even more potassium
> bicarbonate to subjects on
> a high protein diet known to acidify urine and
> leading to hypercalciuria
> (high level of calcium in urine) has been shown to
> greatly reduce calcium urinary
> excretion. The effect has been observed with 5.5 g
> of bicarbonate supplement
> received daily for two weeks. A recent study
> presented in the review of
> literature highlights that a bicarbonate-rich
> mineral water could be useful in the
> prevention of the recurrence of calcium oxalate and
> uric acid renal stones.
>
> Many oral hydration solutions contain bicarbonate
> showing the usefulness of
> bicarbonate to control water absorption in patients
> at risk of dehydration.
>
> Sodium intake is restricted in patients with
> hypertension, but it is
> demonstrated that the accompanying anion, such as
> bicarbonate or chloride, plays an
> important role. It is now well established that
> sodium bicarbonate as well as
> citrate and phosphate salts do not raise blood
> pressure to the same extent as do
> the corresponding amounts of sodium chloride. A
> study on mineral water
> containing sodium bicarbonate has confirmed the
> absence of effect on blood pressure
> in elderly individuals.
>
> Bicarbonate has been shown to decrease dental plaque
> acidity induced by
> sucrose and its buffering capacity is important to
> prevent dental cavities. Other
> studies have shown that bicarbonate inhibits plaque
> formation on teeth and, in
> addition, increases calcium uptake by dental enamel.
> This effect of
> bicarbonate on teeth is so well recognized that
> sodium bicarbonate-containing tooth
> powder was patented in the USA in October 1985.
> Sodium bicarbonate has been
> suggested to increase the pH in the oral cavity,
> potentially neutralizing the
> harmful effects of bacterial metabolic acids. Sodium
> bicarbonate is increasingly
> used in dentifrice and its presence appears to be
> less abrasive to enamel and
> dentine than other commercial toothpaste.
>
>
> Bicarbonate helps physically active people combat
> fatigue
> (news vol 3, no 1, May 2001)
>
> An ingestion of 300 mg/kg of body weight of
> bicarbonate before exercising
> will help you reduce muscular fatigue and so
> increase the performance of short-
> term physical exercise. Thus drinking mineral water
> containing bicarbonate may
> contribute to this beneficial intake.
>
> Sportsmen continuously have two problems to solve :
> the other athletes to
> overtake and fatigue to overcome.
>
> The causes of fatigue are multifactorial, either
> they have physiological or
> psychological origins. From the physiological point
> of view, fatigue can have a
> central or peripheral origin. Among the peripheral
> causes, fatigue could be
> due to the accumulation of metabolites in muscle,
> such as lactates, hydrogen
> ions and ammonia. During prolonged submaximal
> effort, the major cause of fatigue
> is the energy substrate depletion (namely
> carbohydrates), but it has been
> shown that hyperthermia (over 40.1 C) or dehydration
> (over 1 or 2 % of body
> weight loss) could also contribute to the occurrence
> of fatigue.
>
> In fact, to optimise performance, it is important to
> minimise fatigue and to
> delay its appearance. Athletes are aware of
> substances which could offset
> fatigue and since the 90s the use of sodium
> bicarbonate has become usual among
> sportsmen to buffer the acids produced during
> exercise.
>
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