Is baking soda harmful to people as food?

Baking soda is commonly known as edible powder, and its chemical name is sodium bicarbonate, which is a white powdery solid. When using, we should pay attention to control the dosage, which is generally between 1%-2%, and it is not easy to overdo it, otherwise it will have bitterness, which is because of the alkalinity of baking soda. Harmless to the body, it is a food additive allowed in China.

Corn is rich in nutrition, containing a lot of protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, lecithin and so on. Among them, nicotinic acid is very beneficial to health. However, nicotinic acid in corn does not exist alone, but is combined with other substances, which is difficult to be absorbed and utilized by the human body. There is a trick when cooking corn-adding baking soda can release nicotinic acid and make full use of it.

Nicotinic acid, also called nicotinic acid, plays an important role in the metabolism of protein, fat and sugar, and can help us maintain the normal functions of nervous system, digestive system and skin. If the human body lacks nicotinic acid, it may cause symptoms such as mental hallucination, auditory hallucination and insanity, and symptoms such as angular stomatitis, glossitis and diarrhea in the digestive system, as well as skin dermatitis.

Eating more coarse grains is an important means for us to obtain nicotinic acid. The content of nicotinic acid in corn is much higher than that in rice, but they can hardly be released in ordinary eating methods. Experiments show that if you put some baking soda in corn flour or corn porridge, about half of nicotinic acid can be released. At the same time, baking soda can also help maintain vitamin B 1 and vitamin B2 in corn and avoid nutrient loss.

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