you don,t need the maple syrup, not medically anyway, but yes baking soda cures cancer PERIOD NO DOUBT, 100% PROVEN, CURES ALL TYPES OF CANCER , IT ALSO PUTS YOUR BODY BACK IN TO A PROPER ACIDIC ALKALINE BALANCE. COMPLETELY DESTROYS ALL TUMORS, THE GENETIC CODES OF THE BAKING SODA CAN NOT BE REPLICATED INTO CANCER CELLS. TO CURE SKIN CANCER PUT 1 TEASPOON OF BAKING SODA IN WATER DRINK ONCE DAILY, AND PUT A HALF A CUP IN BATHWATER, CANCER WILL BE GONE IN 10 DAYS MAX.