Alright, so I've run into a problem where my electrolytes get all wonky during a workout and I've had to resort to Powerade to keep from collapsing. Not a good thing, obviously.

The other obvious thing is to eat more dark, leafy greens and other high potassium and magnesium sources of food (I've recently been playing around with real, fermented root beer, which incorporates molasses, which helps on the nutrient front). However, the foods the in the "Top 10" lists are either a. not Paleo, b. a little too carby for my goals (bananas, potatoes), and/or c. of a taste profile that makes me want to gag (damn gene that makes me able to taste the bitter compounds in foods!). I'm working on item c, and am willing to work in some from item b if really necessary, but that takes time, so I'd need something in the meantime.

I'm also not entirely convinced that doing that alone would be enough, as what I do is pretty high intensity and lasts for 45 minutes with only short "active rest" breaks between peaks of exertion. That's a lot of fluid loss in general, especially when being lower carb and not having as much in the way of dietary carb-induced glycogen stores.

So! That leaves me with the purpose of this topic -- electrolyte drinks. While I'm not opposed to drinking Powerade (or Gatorade) once in a while, when it's either that or collapse, I'd also rather prefer to avoid the crap that's in it (to be fair, it's not the worst out there, most of the ingredients are actually for electrolyte purposes, but I could still do without the Red 40/Blue 1 and artificial sweeteners), and with that in mind, I'd love to hear of any recipes you might have. Yes, I know, parts of them will be the same (after all, you need the electrolytes, themselves), but drinking salt water isn't all that appealing, so I'm sure there are things that can be done to change the flavor.