In fact gatorade puts all the information you need on its nutrition label so let s look at that.
Make your own gatorade sports drink.
One more reason to make a homemade electrolyte drink.
This homemade sport drink has a mild fruit flavor and it is not as sweet as gatorade or other store bought sports drinks.
Not only do they have a lot of questionable ingredients but making your own is easy fast and a lot healthier.
Neon colored sports drinks may make you nostalgic for your childhood growing up on a soccer field or basketball court.
The basic breakdown of a sports drink is easy.
Pour 1 cup of the water into a large pot.
So before you stop by the store for a gatorade on the way to the game like i ve done a trillion times try making your own.
I didn t grow up drinking gatorade powerade or other sports drinks.
1 4 cup granulated sugar.
Gatorade is costlier than most sports drinks.
Availability is also an issue.
Make your own electrolyte energy drink gatorade powerade electrolyte pumped up sports drinks they re good for you right.
Adapted from daily garnish.
1 4 tsp kosher salt.
To make a homemade electrolyte drink you start with some healthy liquid base.
Water sucrose syrup glucose fructose syrup citric acid natural grape flavor with other natural flavors salt sodium citrate monopotassium phosphate red 40 blue 1.
The good thing is making your own homemade electrolyte drink or homemade sports drink is incredibly easy and then you know exactly what you re putting into your body.
Regular sports drinks contain ingredients such as.
Many stores run out of the bestselling flavors and you are left with the less desirable ones to choose from.
Since gatorade is primarily water electrolytes and sugar with dollops of flavors you can attempt to make your own natural gatorade drink.
Gatorade claims that this is the optimal level to enhance the water being absorbed into your body.
Making your own electrolyte drink.
If you prefer a sweeter drink you may adjust the sweetness to taste after combining all of the ingredients by gradually stirring in additional fruit juice up to 1 cup and or honey up to 1 tablespoon until the flavor.
14g sugar 110mg sodium 30mg potassium the 14 grams of sugar makes sure that the total make up of the liquid is 6 carbohydrates.
But by now you ve learned that sugar and artificial coloring isn t exactly the he.
Add honey salt calcium magnesium powder and cayenne.
It s easy fast and a lot healthier.
There was something about the neon color overly sweet artificial flavor of the healthy drinks that put me off.
Place pot over low heat and whisk until ingredients have dissolved.