Sodium Bicarbonate Loading

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Maximuscrates

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"During high intensity anaerobic exercise, sodium bicarbonate helps buffer the lactic acid that is produced when the lactic acid energy system is utilized."

"Based on the available scientific evidence, sodium bicarbonate supplementation does appear to enhance performance in exercise tasks dependent upon the lactic acid energy system. A consistent finding is an increased serum pH following sodium bicaronate supplementation, the desired effect to induce buffering of lactic acid."

Williams, Melvin H. 2007. Nutrition for Health Fitness & Sport. Eighth Edition. pg 494 Chapter 13. The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Has anyone here ever applied this to their cardio training or sprints?

I have never heard of it. Can cause diarrhea depending on how fast you load it.
 
Squats with sudden diarrhea onset...hmmm.  
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LOL

It really works. Creatine has the same effect but much less.
 
Basically you're saying baking soda can raise the PH of your blood? I would think that the body itself would regulate that and keep it stable, since it does that with temperature, etc.

But I know nothing of this stuff. I once heard acidic blood helped cancer develop and read that you should drink higher PH water like spring water because water like Reverse Osmosis, distilled, etc has a very low PH and NO minerals, thus leaching the minerals out of your body and causing acidic blood.
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Now that sounds all good to me but again I know nothing to make a definite statement of what is truth and what isn't. I would be interested in hearing others chime in on this though.
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I'm sorry I just realized what I typed. I didn't mean to hijack the thread getting on the subject of cancer. My interest is the same as the original poster, adding that it would be nice to see verifiable scientific evidence of (possible) practical manipulation of blood PH.
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(The Long Run @ Oct. 14 2007,03:31)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">I'm sorry I just realized what I typed.  I didn't mean to hijack the thread getting on the subject of cancer.  My interest is the same as the original poster, adding that it would be nice to see verifiable scientific evidence of (possible) practical manipulation of blood PH.  
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Before I did this, I googled around on that topic. I don't have those links handy anymore, but I remember having read that lots of runners use Creatine and / or sodium bicarbonate to lessen lactic acid and improve their times. Google also came up with some real scientific background that actually made sense to me.
 
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