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I have a severe Brainfog, like i am space out or a very bad fatique in brain..weard, i know!! I heard that baking soda can help,is this true????
I know you cannot overdo since you cannot get too alkalized
So I suffer from horrible pain, and I was told to use baking soda, But never worked UNTIL NOW. So I was reading how some people use baking soda every 2 hours when they had the flu.
Long story short, I made a test how to take baking soda every 2h hours until the
I have read , and experienced first hand, that if our body becomes too alkaline it can encourage candida growth.So I suffer from horrible pain, and I was told to use baking soda, But never worked UNTIL NOW. So I was reading how some people use baking soda every 2 hours when they had the flu.
Long story short, I made a test how to take baking soda every 2h hours until the pain was gone (then lower to twice a day) and BEST THING ever. The very latic acid intolerable pain is finally under control. I know you cannot overdo since you cannot get too alkalized and one has to be careful but for now BINGOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
So many times, in our wish to improve, we innocently create a new problem.
I have tried baking soda and had a strange effect where one day I have taken it I felt great, then the next day I felt really tired and brain fogged. I am not sure why that is. Should I keep taking it? A few years ago a test showed that I have very high D-lactate levels in my gut. So maybe I have some acidosis and the baking soda is helping.
@alex3619 thinks that we tend to be too acidic after/during exertion and too alkaline at rest. Correct me if I have paraphrased you incorrectly, Alex!
I have tried going without sodium bicarbonate for 2 periods since starting it, and both times I got worse. Recently I forgot a dose and felt really bad: weak, low mood, etc. Took it when I remembered, and felt much better almost immediately.
But it will probably depend on your activity, diet, etc.
Yes, I read the info that Alex posted which I found very interesting. I wonder, though, if my issue stems from D-lactate in the gut, is that a different issue than lactate that results from cell metabolism issues, which might account for PEM (i don't have that symptom). If the causes of high acidity are different, maybe in my own case, and maybe yours, we do not vary in terms of acidity at rest as much. However, as I said, I do feel really tired today so I don't know what's going on.