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Use a paste of baking soda and water.

3.Deodorize. Use as an antiperspirant. Dust baking soda under your arms to absorb body odor.

4.Settle a stomach during occasional indigestion. Stir 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda into 1/2 cup of water and drink for a safe and effective antacid.

5.Diaper Rash. Putting 2 tbsp. of baking soda in your baby's bath water will help relieve diaper rash irritations.

6.Sunburn. To relieve sunburn: use a paste of baking soda and water.

7.Mouthwash. Gargle with tsp. baking soda in glass of water to freshen and cleanse your mouth. Also can be used as a mouthwash to alleviate the pain of canker sores.

8.Bug bites: use a poultice of baking soda and vinegar.

9.Cradle Cap and Dandruff. For Cradle Cap, make a paste of about 3 teaspoons baking soda and 1 teaspoon water. Apply it to your baby's scalp about an hour before bedtime and rinse it off the following morning. Do not use with shampoo. You may need to apply it several consecutive nights before the cradle cap recedes. For Dandruff, wet your hair and then rub a handful of baking soda vigorously into your scalp. Rinse thoroughly and dry. Do this every time you normally wash your hair, but only use baking soda, no shampoo.

10.Measles, Mumps, and Chicken Pox. Take a Baking Soda bath to relieve the itching and discomfort associated with these types of rashes. Can also be made into a paste and applied directly to the irritated area.

Baking:

1.Beans. Soak dry beans in baking soda and water to make them easier to digest.

2.Wild Game. Add to water to remove the "gamey" taste.

3.To make your own Baking powder: stir and sift together 2 parts of Cream of Tartar to 1 part baking soda and 1 part cornstarch.

4.In case of grease fire. Keep an extra box of baking soda by your stove in case of grease or electrical fire. Scatter the powder by the handful to safely put it out.

5.Fruit and Veggies. Clean vegetables and fruit with baking soda. Sprinkle in water, soak and rise the produce.

6.Tenderize meat. Rub down a tough cut of meat with Baking soda, let it sit in the refrigerator for 3-5 hours, then rinse before cooking.

7.Fish Smell Be Gone! Get rid of the fishy smell from store bought seafood- fillets and steaks by soaking the fish for an hour inside your refrigerator in 1 liter of water and 2 tbs baking soda. Rinse before cooking.

8.Fluffy Omelets. For every three eggs that you use ad tsp of baking soda, it is the secret to getting restaurant quality fluffy omelets.

9.Yeast alternative. Use equal parts of powdered Vitamin

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