Baking soda is a compound that is found throughout nature, in the ocean, in the soil, in our foods and in our bodies. Baking soda is a neutralizer of many other compounds, this makes it exceptionally effective as a medicine in the age of toxicity. Baking Soda (Sodium bicarbonate) is already in wide use and has been for decades. It is used routinely to keep the toxicity of chemotherapy agents and radiation from killing people or from destroying their kidneys.