Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate of soda, is a popular baking ingredient. It gives foods like bread, cakes, muffins, and cookies a light, fluffy texture.That’s because it has leavening properties, meaning that it reacts with an acid, such as vinegar or lemon juice, and causes dough to rise by producing carbon dioxide Still, baking soda has a variety of household uses aside from cooking.
Here are health benefits and uses of baking soda.
1.Household uses
    -Teeth whitener
    -Fridge odor neutralizer
    -Mouthwash
    -Deodorant
    -Air freshener
    -Whitening agent for laundry
    -Kitchen / Bathroom cleaner
    -Garbage odor eliminator
    -Pesticide remover for fruit and veggies
    -Silverware polisher 
    -Oil and grease fire extinguisher
2.Health benefits
   -May help treat heartburn
   -May soothe canker sores
   -May improve exercise performance
   -May relieve itchy skin and sunburns
   -May slow the progression of chronic kidney disease
   -May improve certain cancer treatments