Baking soda for sweating

Baking soda can be used as deodorant for sweating since it kills odor producing bacteria. There some ready to use deodorant which contains baking soda but should be careful because it might also contain other bad substance. Using baking soda as natural deodorant is simple just dust it over the offending areas such as underarm. The con of using baking soda as deodorant is that this can be a little messy and won’t work well with your black tank top.

So how does it work? Baking soda is an alkaline substance while sweat is an acidic substance when these two different substances are combined then they will be a chemical reaction to each other then evaporates and leaving only some residue. The residue left on skin by baking soda also act as absorbent to keep the skin dry.

Baking soda bath is best to be used after a shower. First step is to exfoliate your skin a loofah or other sponge material then fill your bathtub with warm water and add a cup of baking soda to the water. Soak yourself in the water for half an hour and you can take the extra bit of baking soda in the tub and rub it over your armpit, feet or other area.