Gatorade substitue

[BrewDaddy]

I guess this belongs here....

Back in my mtn rescue days our mantra went "hydrate or die" so it kinda stuck with me.

I find myself run down from time to time and drinking some gatorade seems to perk me up pretty quick. I bought a can of the powder  so save big money by mixing it up myself, but it's kind of a hassle. So I wondered if there was a homemade alternative.

I find the bottled stuff and the recommended ratio of the mix is too sweet for my preference so water things down, thinking it was just a marketing thing they did to get people with a sweet tooth to drink it.

Apparently it turns out that there is an alternate to crock-aid. I would have thought something like this with electrolyte replacement etc going on that it would need to contain potasium whatever yadda yadda and sodium hydro something or other, but it's actually a very basic/simple recipe:

Six teaspoons of sugar
½ teaspoon of salt
One liter boiled and cooled water or bottled water

Taken in full context of the article where I found this:

"https://www.emedihealth.com/treat-dehydration.html
2. Replenish with Homemade ORS
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) contains a predefined mixture of dry salts that can be dissolved in sterile water and consumed. ORS is useful for quick replenishment of lost water and minerals.

A study published in 2010 in the International Journal of Epidemiology supported the use of ORS for treating dehydration caused by diarrhea in community, home, or facility environments. (4)

To prepare ORS at home, mix the following ingredients until dissolved:

Six teaspoons of sugar
½ teaspoon of salt
One liter boiled and cooled water or bottled water
ORS, approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), is also available over the counter. (5)

One may consume 50 – 100 ml/kg of ORS in a span of 2 to 4 hours or as recommended by their healthcare provider."

So looking this thing over, it seems like the electrolytes come in a big way from the sugar it seems. Hmmm - I wonder if honey would work out the same way....

I'll give it a mix up and see how it is...

bd

[Jolly]

No K. When we measure electrolytes, we report out Na,K,Cl and CO2 (Actually we measure HCO3 and calculate). I'd throw some KCl in there.

A different recipe:

www.food.com/recipe/homemade-gatorade-93652

[BrewDaddy]

Thanks Jolly. Turns out I happen to have the potassium chloride laying around in something I wanted to try as a salt substitute called 'Nu Salt'. Don't like it but will be good for something like this.

I don't have granular fructose or corn syrup handy - think honey would be a decent substitute at least for a first go with this?

bd

[Jolly]

Apr 27, 2020 22:16:25 GMT BrewDaddy said:

Thanks Jolly . Turns out I happen to have the potassium chloride laying around in something I wanted to try as a salt substitute called 'Nu Salt'. Don't like it but will be good for something like this.

I don't have granular fructose or corn syrup handy - think honey would be a decent substitute at least for a first go with this?

bd

Actually, I think it might be better.

[BrewDaddy]

Apr 27, 2020 23:48:31 GMT Jolly said:

Apr 27, 2020 22:16:25 GMT BrewDaddy said:

Thanks Jolly . Turns out I happen to have the potassium chloride laying around in something I wanted to try as a salt substitute called 'Nu Salt'. Don't like it but will be good for something like this.

I don't have granular fructose or corn syrup handy - think honey would be a decent substitute at least for a first go with this?

bd

Actually, I think it might be better.

Sweet!!! (pardon the pun)     

bd

[paisley]

Apr 27, 2020 21:59:25 GMT Jolly said:

No K. When we measure electrolytes, we report out Na,K,Cl and CO2 (Actually we measure HCO3 and calculate). I'd throw some KCl in there.

A different recipe:

www.food.com/recipe/homemade-gatorade-93652

Yours is almost what Taylor's baby doctor taught be but 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda was in it half of t he sugar though.   

He dehydrated with all of his vomenting and projectile diarrhea. He was a sick baby.

[Deleted]

Close to the same hydration solution we use for sick goats. Like paisley , I use a generous pinch of baking soda. Have to protect goats against acidosis.

I'm going to start adding the NuSalt as well.

[joebill]

I have been fighting dehydration here in the desert since '74. No single solution, but it is always a cross between being effective and being palatable, and the best long term solution for ME has been V-8 juice.

Knock back one in the morning, another in the afternoon, maybe a third somewhere in the middle, and I cannot promise you will not get too much salt, but you will prob'ly not get too little.

I cannot offer any justification for my diet except for the fact that I am still alive....and everything considered, how much better can it get?....Joe

[BrewDaddy]

I made a batch of the version that Jolly posted... I went with the lemon juice option and not having any koolaid I used a liquid stuff called Mio.

I'm trying it before chilling it down, but I gotta admit it tastes remarkably like the real deal, just saltier and a tad sweeter. I think the honey was a good option but might scale back either this or the table sugar.

bd

[daw]

DVM said in making electrolytes to use only
salt substrate never regular salt.
When we worked in the hydroponic tomato houses,
We were given both salt tabs or vodka in the water
. I think the vodka was about 2 oz per gallon.
Very hot in those houses.

[DEKE]

Apr 27, 2020 21:59:25 GMT Jolly said:

No K.

That was my first thought. But what I think is kinda funny is that how many fora could you visit on the internet where "No K" would make so much sense that no one would bother to ask what the heck you were talking about. 

[Jolly]

Apr 28, 2020 22:02:13 GMT BrewDaddy said:

I made a batch of the version that Jolly posted... I went with the lemon juice option and not having any koolaid I used a liquid stuff called Mio.

I'm trying it before chilling it down, but I gotta admit it tastes remarkably like the real deal, just saltier and a tad sweeter. I think the honey was a good option but might scale back either this or the table sugar.

bd

Make sure you give us the recipe when you get it perfected. Would be a very handy thing to have!

[Tim Horton]

One of my favorite hot drinks is a rounded tea spoon of old fashion Tang powder, and the same lemon ice tea powder..

The best I found for ice tea powder if from the bulk foods store.. The packaged lemon ice tea powder many time is quite overpowered with lemon to my taste..

A very small pinch of salt in this would be OK.. I'm sure being hot the salt will be quite more flavor intense..

Will have to experiment with a cold version.. As I don't tolerate cold drinks well, likely a tap water temp version..

[Jolly]

I like an Arnold Palmer. That's half tea and half lemonade.

Never tried it hot, though...

[Tim Horton]

I like an Arnold Palmer. That's half tea and half lemonade.

Never tried it hot, though...

+++ I guess my version, either hot or cold, would be about 3/4 ice tea, short 1/4 lemonade.. Or orange drink..

Will have to do some more experimenting this summer when it gets hot. Around here that is 20C..