Guest guest Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hello Joe, Sodium and bicarbonate are ionically bonded, the sodium ion being positively charged and the bicarbonate ion negatively charged. These bonds are weak and easily broken. Sodium bicarbonate dumped into water will instantly dissolve due to the polar nature of the water itself. The two ions stay dissociated in " hydration shells " and held seperate from one another. If the water evaporates the ionic bonds reform and you have sodium bicarbonate once again. Mixed with stomach acid, baking soda creates a belch, which is you blowing off the carbon dioxide that is released. The bloodstream, being an aqueous solution carries the two ions seperately. To further complicte things, the kidneys will recycle or eliminate bicarbonate according to the needs of the body. This is one of the ways the body maintains its pH level. The baking soda you drink might result in the deposition of bicarbonate in the bladder, but it won't be there as sodium bicarbonate. In addition to that those molecules of bicarbonate you dump won't entirely be the same ones you drank since there is always bicarbonate in the system anyway. Mike Monday, December 15, 2008, 9:58:45 PM, you wrote: J> I would like to hear from someone that 'knows' whether or not J> drinking Bicarbonate of Soda can enter the bladder as pure Bicarbonate of Soda? J> Isn't it passing through the digestive system after the alimentary J> canal and subject to varying acids or other elements that might change its properties? J> I can understand the reasoning, though not whether or not it is J> effective, by the direct instillation into the Bladder via a catheter. J> For my purposes, it is a mute point re self-catheterization J> because my plumbing is such that the Urologist needs to use his J> Cystoscope to thread a wire into the bladder for the catheter to J> snake its way into the bladder. Amazingly, it works and wasn't any worse than the scope itself. J> Joe C. J> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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