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since you sound well versed - what would be a good food-free way to get electrolytes?

• ravenstine 7y ago
  The best way is to make an electrolyte drink yourself. Here's my recipe: - 2 Liters of water - 1/2 teaspoon of pink salt - 1 teaspoon of potassium chloride - 1/4 teaspoon of food grade epsom salt - Lemon and stevia used sparingly to taste It's not the best tasting thing ever, but you get used to it. Using filtered water will make it much more palatable. I think salts make poor tap water quality more obvious. You can always drink Powerade Zero or something like that. I don't think there's really anything wrong with that, and I drink those sometimes. It's just more expensive and the artificial sweetener might spike insulin.(I doubt that's a big deal) The recipe I described is pretty dirt cheap. I used to have a hard time fasting for more than a day or doing a ketogenic diet because I simply wasn't getting my electrolytes. This was accelerated by the fact that I was drinking way too much water and urinating them out. Replacing electrolytes throughout the day keeps me from feeling miserable.
  • perl4ever 7y ago
    One might think pedialyte was the best formulated option, but it tastes terrible in my opinion.
    • ravenstine 7y ago
      I've never had pedialyte, but I don't imagine it tastes better or worse than what I make. :)