Homemade sportsdrink recipe?

reesegrace1
reesegrace1 Posts: 66 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I found a recipe on pinterest for a homemade sportsdrink.
The recipe is
1/8 tsp Morton lite salt
1/8 tsp table salt
1 pk of kool-aid
2qts water
and sweetener, i will use stevia.
My question is the salt. That recipe will contain 1/4 tsp salt in 2 qts of drink, divided in 8 glasses. Will that be enough salt to affect my blood pressure?

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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited February 2020
    Salt/sodium in sports drinks is intended to offset salt lost in sweat (and presumably the "lite salt" contains potassium?).

    Do you have preexisting blood pressure issues? And what is the point of the drink?

    Someone healthy isn't going to hurt themselves consuming 1/8 tsp of salt (although I'd not bother with it personally unless you were in a situation where you are sweating a whole lot). Your body can typically adjust just fine.
  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    My sports drink of choice is plain water. I exercise hard for an hour a day. Unless you are engaged in endurance sport I can't personally see the point of using a sports drink.
  • reesegrace1
    reesegrace1 Posts: 66 Member
    I prefer drinking plain water, but le too have an occasional sports drink like G2 Gatorade after being outdoors on a hot day, or after a hot day at work, but with the high sodium levels in Gatorade, I was studying on drinking an occasional glass of coconut water, or homemade sports drink. Not to drink everyday, but just as needed
  • reesegrace1
    reesegrace1 Posts: 66 Member
    The G2 Gatorade sure taste good and makes me feel better on a hot day
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    reesegrace1 wrote: »
    I prefer drinking plain water, but le too have an occasional sports drink like G2 Gatorade after being outdoors on a hot day, or after a hot day at work, but with the high sodium levels in Gatorade, I was studying on drinking an occasional glass of coconut water, or homemade sports drink. Not to drink everyday, but just as needed

    The high sodium in Gatorade is intentional, and what the homemade sports drink is trying to mimic, in part. Sports drinks replace lost electrolytes.

    If you have a reason to be concerned about high sodium or don't have any real need for a sports drink, water is fine.

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