What Happens in Your Body During a "Cleanse" or "Detox"

Christine_72

I don't believe in the expensive store bought detox kits etc.
But this is one of the reasons I follow a fasting lifestyle. When your body isn't constantly working to digest food it has a chance to "heal" or get rid of "toxins ". To me, that is a type of detox

TheDevastator

FredDoyle wrote: »

Please elaborate on this. How does the baking soda (a base) get past the stomach (strong acid) to affect the kidney and act on the deposit?
The sodium bicarbonate will neutralize the stomach acid slightly, which will then turn on the proton pump to bring the stomach acid back up. How does this affect an existing stone?

It makes the urine less acidic or alkaline which dissolves the more acidic stone. I'm not sure about the reaction in the stomach.
http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/sodium-bicarbonate-baking-soda-for-kidney-stones
http://www.drugs.com/dosage/sodium-bicarbonate.html

rprussell2004

TheDevastator wrote: »

FredDoyle wrote: »

Please elaborate on this. How does the baking soda (a base) get past the stomach (strong acid) to affect the kidney and act on the deposit?
The sodium bicarbonate will neutralize the stomach acid slightly, which will then turn on the proton pump to bring the stomach acid back up. How does this affect an existing stone?

It makes the urine less acidic or alkaline which dissolves the more acidic stone. I'm not sure about the reaction in the stomach.
http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/sodium-bicarbonate-baking-soda-for-kidney-stones
http://www.drugs.com/dosage/sodium-bicarbonate.html

I take calcium carbonate as a supplement - presumably, then, the carbonate in that would do the same thing, without adding sodium to my diet.

5stringjeff

Glad this was a helpful article to some people.