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Feb 25, 2025 21 tweets 7 min read Read on X
It’s the most underrated medicine on Earth.

It fights cancer, kills inflammation, and crushes stress—yet costs pennies per dose.

Recently, I’ve been researching its healing benefits.

What I found is mind-blowing 🧵 Image
1/ It Battles Chronic Inflammation
Inflammation is the silent killer behind cancer, heart disease, and even Alzheimer’s.

Studies show baking soda signals the body to switch off inflammation at the cellular level.

Could this be nature’s simplest anti-inflammatory? Image
2/ It’s Your Natural pH Balancer
Your body works continuously to maintain perfect pH.

Cancer, bacteria, and viruses thrive in acidic environments.

Baking soda helps restore balance, making it harder for disease to take hold.

But there’s more to pH…
Why pH Matters:

Acidic environments fuel disease.

Neutral pH improves oxygen flow to cells.

Proper pH is key for healthy digestion.

See how Dr. Berg describes the effects of pH in your stomach:
3/ It Can Boost Exercise Performance
Athletes use sodium bicarbonate 90 minutes before an intense workout to delay muscle fatigue and improve endurance.

It buffers lactic acid buildup, keeping you going longer.
I also take Essential Amino Acids to support lean muscle, athletic performance & recovery.

Amino acids are the building blocks for blood, bone, muscle, hormones, neurotransmitters & more.
I created this product to give your body additional support beyond consuming protein alone.
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4/ It Can Slow Kidney Decline

In clinical trials, kidney disease patients taking baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) showed slower kidney function decline.

It reduces acid buildup, preserving healthy kidneys.

Kidney damage may be lessened with this pantry staple.
What Studies Show:

Baking soda slows the progression of chronic kidney disease.

It also reduces the risk of dialysis in later stages.

Why isn’t this common knowledge? It’s almost like there’s a billion dollar industry keeping it quiet…

The next one is even crazier… Image
5/ It Can Shrink Tumors & Reduce Cancer Cells
Cancer spreads in acidic environments.

Baking soda neutralizes acidity.

Animal studies show reduced tumor activity.

Initial studies show it has promise in preventing it.
6/ It Can Break Down Pesticides on Produce
Your “clean” vegetables and fruit may be covered in invisible chemicals.

Most produce is sprayed with pesticides and other toxins before it gets to your kitchen.

A baking soda soak removes pesticides better than water and vinegar.
7/ It Can Ease Heartburn, Indigestion & Ulcers
A natural antacid, baking soda quickly neutralizes stomach acid, bringing relief from reflux, bloating, and even ulcer pain.

But don’t overuse it—it’s powerful.

But what’s the best way to improve gut health?
You can also support a healthy gut by consuming probiotic-rich foods like kombucha, sauerkraut & yogurt.

Dr. William Davis, in the NY Times best-selling book "Super Gut," recommends making your own probiotics at home.
That's why I created this easy-to-use machine: amazon.com/dp/B0C5S6XVK7?…
8/ It’s Can Help Fight EColds & Flu
Baking soda has been used for over a century as an antiviral.

Old medical texts even recommended it as a way to treat viruses by balancing your pH.

There’s another way it helps keep you healthy… Image
9/ It Can Improve Sleep Quality
Stress and poor pH balance disrupt sleep.

A small dose before bed may calm the nervous system and promote deeper rest.

Some also report waking up less in the night to urinate.

Enough sleep is CRUCIAL to getting and staying healthy.
10/ It Can Lower Stress & Anxiety
Alkalizing the body has been linked to reduced cortisol levels.

Less acidity = less stress.

Some even use baking soda baths for relaxation.

This could be the cheapest stress reliever ever. Image
Nature’s secret weapon is already in your kitchen.

From fighting acidity to boosting energy, baking soda does it all.

Take advantage of its power.
Thank you for reading!

Struggling with weight, low energy, pain, or chronic symptoms?

• Follow me @craigbrockie for proven solutions.
• Sign up for my weekly email newsletter to learn how to achieve Ultimate Health: craigbrockie.com/newsletter/
A bit about me:

30 years ago, I was always in chronic pain, with crippling anxiety and a broken immune system.

Since then, I’ve invested 7-figures researching the best health and performance-enhancing methods worldwide.

This account exists to help people live their best life. Image
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May 19
This peer-reviewed study deserves more attention than it's getting:

Extra virgin olive oil makes your brain work better.

The mechanism? Through your gut.

656 adults tracked for 2 years.

The virgin oil group had sharper cognition. The refined oil group had a measurable decline🧵
The study was published in the journal Microbiome.

656 participants. Ages 55-75. Two years of follow-up.

A first-of-its-kind human study. Image
What researchers compared:

- People who regularly use EXTRA VIRGIN olive oil
- People who used REFINED olive oil

Same kitchen staple. Same Mediterranean reputation.

Massively different outcomes for the brain. Image
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No pain. No gain.

That mindset has stopped millions of people from ever building muscle.

A new study just buried it.

You can build measurable strength in just 5 minutes a day.

Without a gym, without soreness, and without exhausting yourself.

Here's exactly how 🧵
The research was published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science.

Conducted by Professor Ken Nosaka, Director of Exercise and Sports Science at Edith Cowan University in Australia.

A leading expert in muscle physiology has spent decades studying this.

The conclusion is clear.Image
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But every motion has a SECOND phase, the lowering.

Lowering a dumbbell. Walking downstairs. Sitting into a chair.

That phase is called eccentric exercise.

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A probiotic pill costs a dollar and contains dormant bacteria that stay asleep even after you swallow them.

If you take that pill and ferment it into yogurt, those billions of bacteria can turn into trillions.

This guy is putting up €1,800 to find out if this actually works: Image
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The probiotics industry is a $50 billion business built on selling dehydrated cultures in plastic bottles.

Most people just take them and hope they do something.

But Matt is trying a different way: using a single capsule as a starter to grow a large colony of live probiotic bacteria.Image
Think of a probiotic capsule as a tiny packet of seeds.

You can swallow the seeds, or you can plant them in milk, add prebiotics as fertilizer, and grow a much larger supply.

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Most people are eating plenty of protein.

But almost none of it is making it into their muscles, joints, hair, skin, or hormones.

Why?

Because their gut can't break it down.

A 65-year-old has about 30% less stomach acid than a 30-year-old.

Less acid means undigested protein.

(Undigested protein means muscle wasting, brittle hair, sagging skin, and a body that can't repair itself)

Researchers at Cambridge and the University of Texas Medical Branch confirmed it:

The body needs 9 specific building blocks called essential amino acids.

It can't make them.

You have to eat them.

When even one is missing, protein synthesis stops -

Full stop.

Steak, chicken, fish, and eggs all contain them.

But by the time those proteins get broken down, absorbed, and reassembled into something usable,

You've lost 30 to 70% of the original yield.

For someone with healthy digestion, that's fine.

For someone with bloating, low stomach acid, leaky gut, or IBS -

It's a slow disaster.

That's where pre-digested amino acids come in.

They skip the breakdown step entirely.

Within 30 minutes of swallowing them,

They're in your bloodstream (already broken down to the size your cells can use)

These are the 9 amino acids you can't live without:

Lysine. Leucine. Isoleucine. Methionine. Valine. Threonine. Phenylalanine. Histidine. Tryptophan.

Miss any one of them and your body cannibalizes itself to make up the difference.

That's where wrinkles, weak nails, slow recovery, and shrinking muscle come from.

I've been saying for 30 years:

Most chronic problems aren't a lack of medication.

They're a lack of building blocks.

Comment AMINOS and I'll send you a free guide on the 9 essential amino acids and how to use them to rebuild your body.

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Amino acids and skeletal muscle health - narrative review (PMC 2025): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
A bit about me:

30 years ago, I was in chronic pain, with crippling anxiety and a broken immune system.

Since then, I’ve invested 7-figures researching the best health and performance-enhancing methods worldwide.

This account exists to help people live their best life. Image
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After 50, you lose muscle every single year.

Not because you're aging.

Because you're starving your body of the right building blocks.

Two studies just dropped this month proving it.

Here's what they found and how to reverse it 🧵
Study #1 published March 2026.

38,073 adults across 27 European countries tracked over 2 years.

The finding:

Low protein intake = significantly higher rates of weak grip, slow walking speed, and physical decline.

The damage starts at 50. Most never recover. Image
Study #2 published this month in Frontiers in Nutrition.

The takeaway: the standard protein recommendation (0.8g/kg) is dangerously low for adults over 50.

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Mayo Clinic just dropped a study that should terrify anyone who can't sleep.

Chronic insomnia raises your risk of dementia by 40%.

And it ages your brain by 3.5 years.

Most people are blaming the wrong thing -

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The lead researcher: Dr. Diego Carvalho, Mayo Clinic, sleep medicine specialist.

Published in Neurology - the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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- 40% higher dementia/cognitive impairment risk
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All from one thing: chronic insomnia. Image
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