Citric acid and soda - how to use at home?

Citric acid and soda, as well as vinegar and mustard are indispensable helpers in the kitchen of any mistress. Familiar folk remedies can replace a whole arsenal of detergents, make effervescent drinks, and recently, they are used by women to lose weight. We introduce you to some tips and recommendations how to use the products you are familiar with in unusual options.

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Soda and citric acid for weight loss

For the sake of a beautiful, refined, slender figure, women are ready to make any sacrifices. Recently, many of them use soda and lemon for weight loss together and separately. Such a diet attracts by its accessibility, simplicity and cheapness.

Important! The fruit itself can be replaced with a cheaper product. For this purpose, citric acid and water are excellent.

Lemon diet

Lemon is a recognized means for losing weight. In the stomach, he creates an acidic environment necessary for digesting food. Fruit, not only improves digestion, but also accelerates the breakdown of fats. In addition, lemon is a record holder for vitamin C and contains a sufficient amount of vitamin A, B and P.

Citrus fruits are rich in minerals:

• Copper.
• Zinc.
• Potassium.
• Bora.
• Other minerals.

With all this wealth, lemon saturates the body and strengthens the immune system.

Important! Lemon diet is contraindicated in people with high acidity of the stomach, as well as people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, people with diabetes and hypertension.

If you do not suffer from excess weight, then you can drink lemon water to maintain harmony. Proceed as follows:

• If your weight fluctuates around 70 kg, then use the following recipe: juice ½ lemon dilute with cool water before filling the glass.
• If your weight exceeds 80 kg, then use the following recipe: squeeze the whole lemon juice with water.

Important! It is enough to take lemon water 2 times a day. First take an empty stomach 15 minutes before breakfast.

Express method for slimming on lemon water

Use this method with caution, because you can use it only if you have no heartburn and any discomfort from using lemon juice.

Important! After each intake of lemon water, be sure to rinse the mouth with a soda solution.

Description of the diet

The dosage of lemon juice goes first gradually increasing, and then gradually decreasing:

• On the first day, use the juice, diluted with water, from one squeezed lemon.
• On the second day, use the juice, diluted with water, squeezed out of two lemons.
• On the third - out of three.
• And so on, until you use seven pieces a day.

Important! There are these days you can without restrictions.

• Eight day unloading. Prepare the next drink: mix the juice of three lemons with three liters of water and honey.

Important! Drink lemon water throughout the day. Nothing to eat on this day can not be used.

• On the ninth day, reduce the amount of lemon by 1 for the following days( the ninth - 6, the eighth - 5, etc.).
• On the last day of the diet drink lemon water from the juice of one citrus.

Important! Nutritionists consider lemon as the most effective way to lose weight. Lemon water cleanses the body of toxins and toxins, improves digestion. In addition, in an acidic environment, the absorption of calcium improves, which promotes the burning of fats. Citric acid can reduce appetite and reduce the feeling of hunger.

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Soda for weight loss

Soda creates an alkaline medium in the stomach, and an acidic medium is required to digest food. We conclude that as a result of the application of soda, food in the stomach is not digested, which means that vitamins and other useful substances, carbohydrates and fats are also not digested.

Duration of the diet - 2 weeks. It is most effective to take soda on an empty stomach: dilute a teaspoon of soda in a glass of water and drink in one gulp.

Important! The use of soda can make an imbalance in the work of the whole organism, so, treat this diet with caution.

Tips:

• In order to reduce weight, use better soda with salt for bathing. When taking such a bath, the weight will decrease not due to the destruction of adipose tissue, but only due to the fact that excess fluid will leave the body.
• Use lemon with slimming soda, because soda in this variant protects the tooth enamel from the acid: after each intake of lemon juice( diluted with water), rinse the mouth with a soda solution( 1 tsp for a glass of warm water).

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Soda, citric acid, water for making "pop"

Most likely your parents remember, as being children, they gladly made soda from powder. Of course, effervescent drinks are not very useful, but you can bring your parents back to childhood and together, now with your children, learn the basics of chemistry, conduct the next experience of making "pop".

Prepare the following ingredients and materials:

• Soda - 3 s.l.
• Citric acid - 6 tsp.
• Sugar powder - 2 tbsp.l.
• A small bowl for experiments.
• Clean jar with lid.

Important! To make a pop, take a new batch of soda. Open packaging has time to exhaust and absorb all the smells in 30 days, so for this experience, it will not work.

Instructions for cooking

1. Take a clean and dry bowl( there should not be a drop of water, otherwise the reaction will be fleeting).
2. Add baking soda and citric acid to the bowl.
3. Grind the mixture until a fine powder forms.
4. Add the powdered sugar to the prepared mixture.
5. Mix everything thoroughly and mash it.
6. Take a dry and clean jar, pour the mixture into it.
7. Close the jar tightly and cover the "pop" label.

Soda recipe:

To make a soda, pour 2 teaspoons of the prepared pop with water.

Important! Instead of water, you can use mors, juice or jam, diluted in water. When adding any liquid to the "pop", the citric acid reacts with the baking soda, and bubbles of carbon dioxide will emit in the water, which will lead to the hissing of the drink.

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How to use citric acid and soda in bakery?

Soda without acid addition is a poor baking powder, although it does heat up and emits a small amount of carbon dioxide, but it is not enough to raise the dough.

In addition, not decomposed soda will give the test a yellow-brown color and an unpleasant aftertaste. Therefore, when making soda, it is always accepted to quench with acid. It is better to do this with citric acid, although table vinegar is also suitable. The amount of ingredients should be such that the soda reacts without residue.

In baking, a test baking powder is often used - it is a mixture of soda and acids, selected in such a proportion that they react without residue. As an inert substance used flour, less often - starch. The standard, accepted proportion of soda, citric acid and flour is 5 to 3 and 12.

Important! Acid in the baking powder may be present one or more. In powders of Russian production, citric acid is used, and in the import analogues there are several acids that react with soda at different temperatures: some can react at room temperature, while others require heating.

Tips:

• When buying a baking powder, pay special attention to the packaging material. The bag must be made of waterproof heavy paper, foil or plastic. If the bag is paper - then the inside of it should be glued with polyethylene. Do not buy baking powder in simple paper bags, because due to improper storage of soda with acid, you may have time to react while still in the bag.
• If products containing acidic reactions are present in the recipe, additional baking soda should be used in addition to the baking powder. To products with acidic reactions are:
  • Med.
  • Chocolate.
  • Cocoa.
  • Eggs.
  • Sugar syrups.
  • Vinegar. Fruit juices and mashed potatoes.
  • Crystalline citric acid. Sour milk products( kefir, whey, curdled milk, yogurt, sour cream, etc.).

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How to use soda and citric acid to supply carbon dioxide to the aquarium?

Let's describe a method of supplying carbon dioxide to an aquarium. It is based on the reaction of soda with citric acid. For the preparation of the system you will need:

• 2 bottles in volume 0,5 or 0,6 l.
• Tube for connecting bottles.
• Tube for the exit of carbon dioxide
• Citric acid( 90-120 g).
• Soda( ⅓ packs).

System description

The system consists of two bottles. In one - a solution of citric acid, and in the second - soda, partially dissolved in water. The water in the bottle should be less than half, because during operation the water will completely go to the bottle with soda, and the capacity may overflow. The tanks are connected by a tube from the bottom to the bottom. In addition, another tube for CO2 output is connected to the soda bottle.

Start up as follows:

1. Close the tube for CO2 exit so that gas does not escape.
2. Press on the bottle with citric acid until the acid gets into the soda tank.
3. The reaction will take place, the pressure will increase and the solution of soda will be squeezed into a bottle with acid, where reaction also takes place.
4. As soon as the system is balanced, open the supply to the aquarium.
5. The pressure in the bottle with soda will drop, and another portion of acid will be squeezed out of the next container, and again the system will balance.
6. To adjust the carbon dioxide supply, place a small smooth adjustment cock.

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Soda, vinegar, citric acid as detergent

Vinegar is a very necessary thing in the household. Vinegar can replace a lot of specialized products designed for washing mirrors, getting rid of lime and rust, cleaning plumbing, etc.

Prepare a vinegar from the vinegar: dilute conventional table vinegar( 9%) in water in a 1: 1 ratio. Pour the product into an empty bottle with a spray gun. Use a universal solution for:

• Wash glass.
• Washing the mirrors.
• Metal surfaces.
• Plumbers.
• Tiles.

Important! Vinegar can be replaced with freshly squeezed lemon juice. The remedy will come out a little more expensive, but with the smell of fresh citrus.

Vinegar must only be used with protective gloves.

Soda is an abrasive for all surfaces. Baking soda is used for cleaning and polishing silver, chrome, steel, aluminum, tin and plastic surfaces. Perfectly suited baking soda for washing and disinfecting the refrigerator, and gruel, prepared from baking soda and lemon juice, use to remove stains from soft furniture and carpets.

How to remove scale quickly?

Citric acid, as well as vinegar and soda can be used to clean, remove scale from the surface.

To save on scale agents, citric acid will help:

1. Pour water into the kettle and pour 1 tbsp.l.citric acid powder( you can use one lemon juice).
2. Boil water in the kettle 1-2 times.
3. After the cleaning procedure, rinse the kettle.
4. Pour clean water and boil again.
5. Pour the boiled water, and your kettle will shine like new.

Important! Since vinegar is also an acid, you can use it instead of citric acid to clean the kettle of scale: you need 100 ml of 7% vinegar. The purification procedure is carried out in the same order as in the case of citric acid.

Baking soda, having an alkaline environment, is also able to rid the kettle of scale. For the cleaning procedure you will need 1 tbsp.l.facilities. Perform the actions in the same sequence as in the case of citric acid.

Tips:

If the scale in the kettle is old and dense, then use a combination of citric acid, soda and vinegar: first boil the water with soda, drain it, then - with vinegar, and in conclusion - with citric acid. The hard scale will soften and it can be removed with a soft sponge for washing dishes.

To get rid of limescale and scale in the washing machine proceed as follows:

1. Fill 90-100 mg of citric acid powder in the washing machine.
2. Switch on the normal washing mode( without laundry).

Important! The cleaning procedure should be carried out once in 2 months.

We hope that after reading our article, you have received enough information to use well-known folk remedies - soda, citric acid and vinegar, with benefit for yourself.