How Human Life Works on Instagram: "Baking soda and sugar work against cockroaches because sugar attracts them while baking soda disrupts their digestive system. Cockroaches are drawn to sugar as a food source, but when baking soda is ingested, it reacts with acids inside their gut and produces gas. Unlike humans, cockroaches can’t release this gas, which causes internal pressure that they can’t tolerate. This combination is often used as a simple household deterrent because it relies on basic c