Poor man's Gatorade.

[Monocrom]

Human-beings need Electrolytes.

Don't waste money on Gatorade or fancy powders at GNC stores.
Just make the following drink at home.

- 4 cups clean water.
- 1/4 teaspoon of actual, genuine salt.
- 1 squeeze of lemon juice.

Mix inside an empty 2 liter plastic bottle. Much easier to use a small funnel, and measuring cups/spoons. Pour in 2 cups. Then the salt. Then 2 more cups. Finish up with the lemon juice so it tastes somewhat close to "decent." Shake bottle. Pour into a tall glass. Drink!

Flavor? Slightly better than urine. Who cares, you're getting your much needed Electrolytes and it cost you $0.oo (the economy is in the toilet, everything is obscenely over-priced; and everyone is broke). Enjoy the new Free drink on the CPF Cafe menu.

 

[LEDphile]

FWIW, the World Health Organization uses the following formula for oral rehydration salts (i.e. medical gatorade):

Per litre of water,
* 2.6g sodium chloride [table salt]
* 1.5g potassium chloride [potassium salt, typical salt substitute]
* 2.9g trisodium citrate [also known as sodium citrate, or E331]
* 13.5g glucose [simple sugar]

 

[lampeDépêche]

FWIW, the World Health Organization uses the following formula for oral rehydration salts (i.e. medical gatorade):

Per litre of water,
* 2.6g sodium chloride [table salt]
* 1.5g potassium chloride [potassium salt, typical salt substitute]
* 2.9g trisodium citrate [also known as sodium citrate, or E331]
* 13.5g glucose [simple sugar]

The sugar is important. It’s not for flavor, and it cannot be replaced by an artificial sweetener.
The sugar plays a role in getting the electrolytes through the intestinal wall and into your bloodstream. Without the sugar, you can put the electrolytes in at the top and lose them out the bottom without their ever getting out of your gut.
On the other hand, the sugar does not have to be in the electrolyte mix to be in your gut. If you are eating something sugary/starchy at the same time, then the drink itself does not have to contain sugar.

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

Flavor? Slightly better than urine.

Never have I ever.

 

[Kestrel]

NIH study, indicating that sugar is a better component compared to the zero-cal sweeteners.

Impact of hydration with beverages containing free sugars or xylitol on metabolic and acute kidney injury markers after physical exercise - PMC https://share.google/vbHjf7ABvd1QC6ASH

 

[orbital]

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kid you not,
just yesterday I was talking to a friend about metals our body needs, , rather involved conversation (iron, magnesium, earth etc)

Interesting the things we need for muscles to fire.


Man is the only animal that cannot produce Ascorbic acid on its own, explain that!
anyway, I take 1/2 Vit. C almost everyday.

 

[pnwoutdoors]

Human-beings need Electrolytes.

Don't waste money on Gatorade or fancy powders ...

Caught a clearance sale, awhile back, for electrolytes powder at a Vitamin Shoppe store. A small scoop of the stuff in 1gal jug of water, lime juice, shake. Works well enough. With the discounted clearance price, it's a couple pennies for a scoop and will last practically forever, even at 3/4gal to 1gal water a day.

On a typical day, as well, I generally have ~12oz of a fruit/yogurt/milk blend, and a big bowl of soup at some point during the day. The soup is homemade, typically made with a bone stock made from bison marrow/soup bones.

Plenty of sodium, potassium, chloride, natural sugars.

Isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than some do (electrolyte-wise).