Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Greetings Thrifty Friends,
You know, I buy at least two or three boxes of baking soda every month, and I don't think I have ever used it to bake. So where could all of that baking soda possibly be going? To more uses than you probably imagine.
Pretty much everybody knows that you can put an open box of baking soda in your fridge to absorb odors, but have you ever used it to brush your teeth?
You might not want to use it for that purpose exclusively, but as an addition to toothpaste it makes an excellent tooth whitener and plaque remover!
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Keep pinchin' those pennies,
Penny
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TODAY'S THRIFTY TIP:
* Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate is a common household ingredient that was originally used for cleaning silver in the early 1920s. Mid-century, more uses for baking soda were being discovered, as it was being used to clean refrigerators, washing clothes and cleaning carpets.
One of the newer uses for baking soda is as an active ingredient in abrasive dentifrice, particularly for products claiming to whiten teeth, remove stains and deodorize the mouth.
Baking soda is generally considered a safe and effective dental abrasive, and therefore poses very little threat in damaging the teeth.