The vinegar and baking soda are reacting with each other, not with your dirty surface, which is why this combination is usually no better at cleaning than water. Here's what to use instead.

A mix of vinegar and baking soda is often touted as being the best all-natural combination when it comes to home cleaning, but there's one specific task professional cleaners warn us not to use it ...

Baking soda will naturally deodorize anywhere you leave it. This includes drains, the trash can, microwaves and even sneakers. This is its go-to use as a solo cleaner.

Don’t take baking soda within 2 hours of other medications. When the baking soda lowers stomach acid, it can slow the rate at which your body absorbs some medicines and change the way others work.

Mix Baking Soda and Water For a Cheap, Effective DIY Vegetable Scrub. Alan Henry. April 30, 2012 When you get those fresh veggies home from the farmer's market or the grocery store, naturally ...

This fizzy reaction produces bubbles of carbon dioxide, water and a mix of new salts. Baking soda can also release carbon dioxide gas when it is heated at temperatures above 80°C.