Kurt (Riverview, Fl) on 06/25/2017
I've been using ACV with baking soda to alkalize my body (started out at 5.5, now usually 8), but recently I've become aware of the impact the sodium has on my electrolyte balance. Reading around I found that potassium bicarbonate is also a leavening agent like baking soda, and another good reference said that the ideal ratio is K/Na 3:1. I found a reseller for it and ordered a pound. I then mixed up a batch of the powders 3:1 and used that in place of baking soda in a cup of water (plus a dash of sea salt for flavor) in my ACV.
Now the ACV mixture has the same alkalizing, and bicarb effects, keeps my potassium / sodium balance, is neutral going down, and is a vehicle for taking my Lugol's iodine in the morning.
Replied by Nicole from Milwaukee Wi on 05/15/2025
Are you taking all the co factors for iodine? I just started and am having such brain fog. Im taking vitamin c, selenium, salt loading, niacin, and magnesium. I just added in adrenal tonics, which are potassium (I can't remember which form at the moment), salt, vitamin c, and water. Would adding baking soda and ACV be too much? I used to take honey tonics regularly, which is a tablespoon of ACV to 1 tablespoon of honey mixed with water.
