Home-made electrolyte mixture
neeb
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Since the standard Gatorade electrolyte powder seems to be difficult to get hold of in the UK I'm thinking about making my own electrolyte drink. Unfortunately I threw out my last empty Gatorade tub with the ingredient percentages...
I know you can get other brands but they mostly seem to have artificial sweeteners in them which I want to avoid.
I also know that the most important ingredients are salt (sodium chloride) and enough sugar to allow the gut/stomach to absorb the salt (but I don't want to make an energy drink so I want to keep the sugar level to a minimum). But it would also be easy to add potassium chloride, using this product, which is 66% potassium chloride and 33.3% sodium chloride:
http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Lo ... oCez3w_wcB
What I want to know is the proportions of table salt, LoSalt, sugar and water to add... Alternatively if anyone can tell me the contents of the original GatorAid thirstquencher powder (not any of their other products) I can work from that.
I know you can get other brands but they mostly seem to have artificial sweeteners in them which I want to avoid.
I also know that the most important ingredients are salt (sodium chloride) and enough sugar to allow the gut/stomach to absorb the salt (but I don't want to make an energy drink so I want to keep the sugar level to a minimum). But it would also be easy to add potassium chloride, using this product, which is 66% potassium chloride and 33.3% sodium chloride:
http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Lo ... oCez3w_wcB
What I want to know is the proportions of table salt, LoSalt, sugar and water to add... Alternatively if anyone can tell me the contents of the original GatorAid thirstquencher powder (not any of their other products) I can work from that.
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I get in very well with the Myprotein elecyrolyte powder, I add it to some squash and in my recovery drink too (banana, spinach, milk, chocolate protein)Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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I know its not quite the question but the same as you i always used Gatorade powder and the same as you its not as readily available and is regularly sold out.
So after trying a few different solutions i now use Torq Orange powder and find it pretty good. It also claims to be a natural solution so not full of sweetners etc...
And unlike gatorade you can buy it in 1.5kg pouch that lasts for ages !!!!0 -
Seems to me that the OP and TJG are confusing electrolyte and energy products.
Electrolyte should simply contain various salts designed to replace those lost through sweating.
Energy drinks are for energy but may have salts added as an extra feature and again to replace salts lost through sweating.
Electrolyte salts should not need sweetners of any kind.
The gatorade Electrolyte label is available on line and shows ingredients as:Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Pouch (3.4 g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 780mg 33%
Potassium 400mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
% DV
Magnesium10%
Not a significant source of calories from fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, and iron.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.0 -
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Navrig2 wrote:Seems to me that the OP and TJG are confusing electrolyte and energy products.
Electrolyte should simply contain various salts designed to replace those lost through sweating.
Energy drinks are for energy but may have salts added as an extra feature and again to replace salts lost through sweating.
Electrolyte salts should not need sweetners of any kind.
The gatorade Electrolyte label is available on line and shows ingredients as:
My understanding is that in order for an electrolyte drink to actually work, it needs to combine electrolytes with some sugars/carbs. This is because the eletrolyte ions have to be actively transported across the gut wall and this requires a supply of energy inside the gut itself.
Don't know about those gatorade electrolyte powders, but i suspect they are designed to be mixed with something else that contains sugars or oligosaccharides. The "standard" gatorade powder does contain sugars, just not as much as in an energy drink.0 -
isn't the original Gatorade just re branded as Perform02 now? wiggle and the gatorade uk store tend to always have it in stock, or at least when I need to order it.0
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Ok, didn't know that. I've just moved from Finland where it is still gatorade. Hate it when big companies market things differently or sell different products with the same name in different places...in this case it has just made me aware of better alternatives, so it's their loss...marshall_a wrote:isn't the original Gatorade just re branded as Perform02 now? wiggle and the gatorade uk store tend to always have it in stock, or at least when I need to order it.
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