Homemade Electrolyte Drink Recipe

Homemade Electrolyte Drink Recipe

Modified on Jul 06, 2018

If you’ve ever been outside on a hot, sunny day or finished a workout and just feel drained, it’s because you are – drained of electrolytes that is. As your body sweats, it loses essential nutrients, some of those key nutrients being electrolytes. So, after you or your family has enjoyed a day of athletics, a grand adventure in the heat, or just a regular workout, it's important to replenish those lost nutrients. We've tested 2 homemade electrolyte drinks that are thirst-quenching and rehydrating on a hot summer day and have happily shared the recipes with you below.

Why Do I Need Electrolytes?

Electrolytes are essential nutrients in the body. These key nutrients actually break down into small, electrically-charged particles when they dissolve in water. These particles regulate bodily fluids and also maintain energy levels in the body. Sodium and chloride are among the most important electrolytes, as they support muscle and nerve function. However, calcium that stimulates muscle contraction; magnesium, which supports healthy cell function, and potassium, which helps regulate energy are nearly just as important.

Why Not Gatorade?

So, obviously you can see that replacing electrolytes is pretty important following intense physical exertion, but you are likely wondering why we suggest making a homemade sports drink when you could just grab one off the store shelf.

Like so many other store-bought products, Gatorade and other mass-produced electrolyte replacement drinks contain a little of what is good and a lot of what is bad. Regular grape-flavored Gatorade contains water, sucrose syrup, glucose-fructose syrup, citric acid, natural grape flavor with other natural flavors, salt, sodium, citrate, monopotassium phosphate, red 40, and blue 1 (as listed on the nutrient label). While this drink will help you rehydrate, it will also help you get a whole lot of added sugar as well as dyes and mystery ingredients.

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