Alkalosis Cause Heart Palpitations?

[Velve921]

I would love everyone's thoughts...exactly 12 hours ago I started having severe heart palpitations after taking baking soda...I tried everything to get my body relax, thyroid, mag, OJ, salt, ice cream progesterone...nothing worked. So I finally went to the ER. When I got out of my car I ran to the door...5 minutes later during my EKG my hr normalized!! Palpitations were gone.

Is there a chance that my body went into alkalosis as I consume a lot of baking soda? And the sprint to the ER brought my ph back
Into balance? 2 days earlier I did baking soda and had heart palpitations as well.

Love to hear everyone's thoughts. Thanks!

 

[Ben]

I never had this problem with baking soda. But maybe your body just isn't used to it. Also, the sprint may have increased lactic acid, reducing alkility.

 

[Suikerbuik]

Might be possible. I have not experienced this effect myself, but I know people that have. Perhaps your dose is too high for too long. My advice is to use 1,5g bicarb a day, unless you can track urine pH.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2741982

 

[johns74]

Do you use a urine pH strip, like many who use baking soda do to make sure your urine pH doesn't go too high?

 

[johns74]

If it isn't a product from natural sources, impurities are more likely.

 

[tara]

There are a couple of threads on milk alkali syndrome you might want to read.
I second the suggestion to use pH strips to monitor UpH.

 

[Velve921]

I agree with everyones info! I'm going to lay off the baking soda for a while and just stick to salt.
Definitely a weird experience.

The doctor was clueless...my hr and temp were 84-90/98.4 while in hospital. I told her about the alkalosis concept and her response was a look of impossibility and that its all in my head. So frustrating.

 

[Suikerbuik]

Do you use a urine pH strip, like many who use baking soda do to make sure your urine pH doesn't go too high?

No, too lazy to measure so I stay on the safe side with max 1,5g/day! However, if I do measure I use a pH electrode, but strips should be fine too and maybe even more reliable.

 

[Velve921]

How often should I check ph?