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sodium benzoate pregnancy
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
I don't believe it: Internet scare sites peddling "natural food" are allowed by law to make claims that any scientist will recognize as misleading. There's ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert Robinson answered
21 years experience Internal Medicine
Your body removes it: Sodium Benzoate is primarily used as a food preservative. It is metabolized by the liver and then the breakdown products are excreted in the urine. ... Read More
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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered
25 years experience Pediatrics
See below: Very little. The drug is used in medicine to assist in lowering serum ammonia levels by activation of a nonurea cycle pathway; ammonia in the presenc ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
Nothing: There was a hoopla a while back about the mix of sodium benzoate (a preservative, chemically interchangeable to the natural benzoic acid that makes cr ... Read More
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Dr. Antoanella Calame answered
19 years experience Dermatology
Scabies: Permethrin 5 percent (elimite) is a treatment option your doctor may recommend. This cream contains chemicals that kill scabies mites and their eggs, ... Read More
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Dimitri Novitzky answered
52 years experience Thoracic Surgery
Adverse Sodium Benzo: If you mix sodium benzoate with vitamin C (and it happens that there are two types of C in Express The Truth - calcium ascorbate and sodium ascorbyl p ... Read More
A 48-year-old male asked:
Dr. Pavel Conovalciuc answered
23 years experience Family Medicine
Lemon juice: I am not aware of the fact of lemon juice helping the liver. There are tons of claims made but not a signle one substantiated.
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Dr. Zachary Veres answered
18 years experience Family Medicine
Supplements: I wouldn't take those during pregnancy
A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sandra Pinkham answered
53 years experience Holistic Medicine
Toxic reaction: Sodium benzoate is not a good substance and sodium hydoxide and bleach iare very toxic because they release chlorine gas. Rinse your mouth out well, ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
Nobody really knows: There are thousands of supplements advertised to do all sorts of remedies. Very few supplements have real research studies to show benefits and risks ... Read More
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