Hi swizzle, I make a simple sports drink for myself. Mix equal parts pure fruit juice (apple/cranberry is good but must be 100%) and water, add 1 tsp salt per litre. Enjoy :D

hai
well iam a sports physiotherapy student in india
i have passed my bpt and did my pg dip in pphc from india only
i have one simple formula for sports drink which i usally do for the team i am posted with .
for this u take 1 lit of water add to it 3to4 rice spoon of glucose d
and then add to it pinch of table salt (pinch equals thre fingres)
just try it out and let me know how u feel
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You can also add unsweetened cordial, like Miwadi or Robinson's to flavour this, and it tastes quite OK.

It is beyond me why you would consider making a home-made sport drink when a number of drinks are available at nominal prices. What ever you concoct will probably be inferior to what is commercially available and will obviously be more expensive.

are you for real?

how much does a liter of water, a bit of salt and some glucose cost?

A LOT LESS THAN A BOUGHT SPORTS DRINK!

not to mention the fact that you won't be consuming all those dodgy colourings....

HOWEVER!!!!!! I'd suggest using decent quality water and not normal tap water....AND NO TABLE SALT!!!

table salt is crap! sea salt for sure is better and tastes better too, it also has more trace elements

I don't think i really want the flow additives fro table salt in my sports drink

6 teaspoons of glucose powder per litre of water. Add 2/3 teaspoon of table salt and orange squash (or squash of your choice) to flavour.

SEA SALT!!!

NOT TABLE SALT

Table salt contains just as much sodium as sea salt. It the sodium that is important in the sports drink for the uptake of CHO. Table salt is also cheaper than sea salt.

I didnt think the salt in sports drinks helps the absorbtion of CHO, just that low levels (not too much) of CHO keep your body absorbing the water as quickly as if it were just water.?????

Table salt also has aluminium hydroxide and other additives to prevent it clumping (free flowing agents).

Table salt is not balanced the way sea salt is because it has been refined.

Do this simple test

Place a little pinch of table salt directly on your tongue and see how much your body likes it

Now after risning it out of your mouth do the same with a little sea salt

Table Salt should be used industrially and thats it. I cretainly wouldn't eat it.

It's like the argument over eating an orange vs taking a vitamin C tablet. The orange has vitamin C, bio flavanoids and is a living food...just what the body wants.

To say that table salt is an advantage based on price vs sea salt? Thats absurd. You'd have to be using a hell of a lot to really be financially dissadvantaged.