Does baking soda combat cancer?
By Kaiyah Clarke
Copy link
Copy featured image
NO
Some people on social media assert that baking soda can do a whole lot more than whiten your teeth and enhance your baked goods.
But curing cancer?
While there are immunotherapy studies that explore how acidity may affect cancer cells, a National Cancer Institute representative says baking soda "is not an approved treatment for any type of cancer."
The medically prescribed form of baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, primarily treats digestion issues such as heartburn and upset stomach.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
Ludwig Cancer Research How might baking soda boost cancer therapy?
National Cancer Institute How to Find Cancer Resources You Can Trust
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
Lead Stories is a fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. It scouts for trending stories, images, videos and posts that contain false information in order to fact check them as quickly as possible. It actively monitors the fake-news ecosystem and doesn’t wait for reader tips or reports before getting started on a story.