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5. Boosts Your Workout
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Endurance athletes often use baking soda. Studies show it helps maintain peak performance longer, especially during high-intensity training. Such exercise produces lactic acid, causing burning and lowering cellular pH, which tires muscles. Because baking soda has a high pH, it can offset some effects of lactic acid and may help you go longer. One study found participants who took baking soda before exercise lasted about 4.5 minutes longer than those who did not. At maximum effort, that is significant. For regular workouts, it might not seem like much,
