[annapurna]

After too many years of soda and bad food during business travel, I ended up about 10 pounds overweight and fighting high blood pressure and osteopenia. I'm now just under a year without any soda at all. The weight and blood pressure were, of course, fast reactors to the changes. The osteopenia seems to be turning around slowly. I do believe that there is something about diet. I would, though, say that you can't reverse everything with a better diet; you reach a point where additional intervention is needed or else you continue to slide down the cliff and the diet only affect how quickly you'll slide down.

Instead of trying baking soda to force an alkaline diet, I'd suggest reading through Dr. Hauser's diet book or guidelines on his webpage. His concept is that everyone digests food differently so a "one size fits all" diet isn't going to work either.