A substitute for Sodium Bicarbonate would be Potassium Bicarbonate if you're worried about your sodium intake (the results would be Potassium Ascorbate). there are many other mineral forms (e.g. magnesium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, etc.).
You just need a little bit! - I can't remember the top of my head the amounts, but it's really small. The key is reducing the ORP levels so it's not oxidizing to your body but rather it's antioxidizing, whereby you gain electrons which helps you heal/repair.
I suggest you look into the ORP meter as well, it's well worth the money, no need to keep guessing :) I bet your son will be interested in it as well.
some additional info...
Also, it's best to look at these things holistically... in this context, water.
Water purity -- the reason why tap water is not good for you is because of the halide group of chemicals (amongst other things) added to make it safe for pipping miles away - the biggest ones are Fluorine and Chlorine. These two chems are toxic to you as-is, so you would need to neutralize them or remove them out (chlorine gas is highly toxic).
Options could be water filtration -- many options out there. Chlorine is easier to remove, Fluorine much harder (it's very small) so you do the best you can. A good way I've found is to buy a counter top water distiller and make your own distilled water, cheaper in the long run and not that hard to do. Whatever the case, the key is to remove toxic chemicals from your drinking water.
^^ this is the chemical reason why the ORP in tap water is so high, sometimes upwards of +400 mV.
Mineral equilibrium -- imo it's not good to just drink de-mineralized water (aka distilled). There is an entire school of thought on this, some are for it, some are against it. But my opinion is the focus is in the wrong place. The key is to achieve mineral equilibrium in your cells. thus you now are in the territory of salt and trace minerals. Your tap water has a bunch of minerals (and trace minerals... even sometimes heavy metals!) in it as well, it's different everywhere. e.g. 'hard water' just means it has a lot of mineral content... also differs based on location, some water has far too much calcium in it, etc.
^^ so rather than go nuts on insane filtration, I just make my own distilled water, then re-mineralized. I personally keep it simple and just use a GOOD quality sea-salt... just a little bit will do. In your case since sodium may be an issue, you could substitute with just a tad bit of Potassium Chloride.
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A substitute for Sodium Bicarbonate would be Potassium Bicarbonate if you're worried about your sodium intake (the results would be Potassium Ascorbate). there are many other mineral forms (e.g. magnesium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, etc.).
You just need a little bit! - I can't remember the top of my head the amounts, but it's really small. The key is reducing the ORP levels so it's not oxidizing to your body but rather it's antioxidizing, whereby you gain electrons which helps you heal/repair.
I suggest you look into the ORP meter as well, it's well worth the money, no need to keep guessing :) I bet your son will be interested in it as well.
some additional info...
Also, it's best to look at these things holistically... in this context, water.
Water purity -- the reason why tap water is not good for you is because of the halide group of chemicals (amongst other things) added to make it safe for pipping miles away - the biggest ones are Fluorine and Chlorine. These two chems are toxic to you as-is, so you would need to neutralize them or remove them out (chlorine gas is highly toxic).
Options could be water filtration -- many options out there. Chlorine is easier to remove, Fluorine much harder (it's very small) so you do the best you can. A good way I've found is to buy a counter top water distiller and make your own distilled water, cheaper in the long run and not that hard to do. Whatever the case, the key is to remove toxic chemicals from your drinking water.
^^ this is the chemical reason why the ORP in tap water is so high, sometimes upwards of +400 mV.
Mineral equilibrium -- imo it's not good to just drink de-mineralized water (aka distilled). There is an entire school of thought on this, some are for it, some are against it. But my opinion is the focus is in the wrong place. The key is to achieve mineral equilibrium in your cells. thus you now are in the territory of salt and trace minerals. Your tap water has a bunch of minerals (and trace minerals... even sometimes heavy metals!) in it as well, it's different everywhere. e.g. 'hard water' just means it has a lot of mineral content... also differs based on location, some water has far too much calcium in it, etc.
^^ so rather than go nuts on insane filtration, I just make my own distilled water, then re-mineralized. I personally keep it simple and just use a GOOD quality sea-salt... just a little bit will do. In your case since sodium may be an issue, you could substitute with just a tad bit of Potassium Chloride.
And just focus on what you can do :)
Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to explain all this.