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Add flour and mix well together, adding remainder of milk as required – also bicarbonate and cream of tartar.

The researchers began by mixing two polymers with potassium bicarbonate, an acid-neutralizing compound, and silver nitrate, which forms antimicrobial nanoparticles that link the polymers together to form a gel.

Here, gut cells release the alkaline bicarbonate that neutralizes the stomach acid, and it is here that nutrients are absorbed.

In the presence of carbon dioxide -- that pesky gas disrupting global climate systems -- our cells gain a secret weapon in the form of bicarbonate which helps keep pH levels balanced.

She was prescribed a sodium bicarbonate infusion, but was instead given a sodium nitrite infusion.