Baking soda
A common name for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), used as a leavening agent because it releases carbon dioxide when heated or mixed with acid.
Over 80% of elite middle-distance track and field athletes take baking soda as a performance supplement. The IOC acknowledges its efficacy but cannot ban a substance detectable after simply eating cake. Recently, hydrogel capsules have solved its notorious side effect — diarrhea.
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