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Shit country army hydration "pack": half a teaspoon of sugar, half a teaspoon of salt to ~1L of water. Tastes like shit, but damn it cures hangovers. Also, pro
by bserge 5y ago
Shit country army hydration "pack": half a teaspoon of sugar, half a teaspoon of salt to ~1L of water.
Tastes like shit, but damn it cures hangovers. Also, probably hydrates.
- pjerem 5y agoInteresting. Does it really tastes like shit however? That doesn’t sound like your favorite cocktail but it sounds drinkable. I should try.
- mhh__ 5y agoIt doesn't exactly taste good but when I drank it when I was walking on the Moors you don't really care because you're usually in need of the contents.
- bserge 5y agoIt takes a couple of minutes to make, try it. I've used it a few times when I didn't have anything better (like literally any juice) and it was still near vomit inducing lol
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoCCC electrolyte drink: - half liter bottle of water - add half a TABLEspoon of sugar - add half a TEAspoon of salt - top off with orange juice https://cert.ccc.de/old//index.php?title=WHO-Drink https://cert.ccc.de/old//index.php?title=WHO-Drink Haven't tried it myself but I've heard that it does not taste like shit.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoIt's what plants crave!
- squarefoot 5y agoThat movie should have been a comedy, and it's slowly turning itself into a documentary.
- ineedasername 5y agoMaybe they finally got the time machine working and sent it back as a warning.
- stavros 5y agoThere's also a recipe for an Oral Rehydration Solution: https://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm https://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm 6 teasponfuls of sugar, 1/2 of salt, 1 liter of water, done.
- u801e 5y agoWhy do the directions use both imperial and metric measurements?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoStandard German recipe measurements. This refers to an actual tea- and tablespoon, and may not match measuring cups denoted in imperial units.
- veidr 5y agothe fuck is an "actual" tea or table spoon
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoThe thing you find in your cutlery drawer. As in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loeffel_03.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loeffel_03.JPG not https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeasuringSpoons.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeasuringSpoons.jpg I just measured mine using a scale and my teaspoon is around 4 ml when filled with water (probably closer to 3 ml when not heaped and no surface tension), my tablespoon around 9 ml, so close enough I guess.
- christkv 5y agoClassic learned it in the service as well. Tasted horrible but it works.
- thenipper 5y agoRelated I learned to just get oral rehydration salts when I worked at an NGO. Good for hydration on a hot day. But also an amazing hangover cure.
- amelius 5y agoHow much can you drink of this, responsibly? Would 2-3L every day be ok?
- wolverine876 5y agoAre you seeking to drink as much as you can?
- amelius 5y agoNo, but I prefer to drink water with rehydration salts because of the taste.
- dredmorbius 5y ago"How much to drink" depends very much on circumstances. Giving a specific quantity benchmark is bad practice. Drink if you're thirsty. Drink if your urine is limited or dark for no other apparent cause. (There are both dangerous and benign reasons for coloured urine, including internal bleeding (deep brown, very bad) and excess vitamin B (harmless, bright yellow), again, general guidance is difficult.) An isotonic solution is most recommended where you're already dehydrated and are trying to re-hydrate rapidly. Under normal circumstances, it's not necessary. Drinking more than a couple of quarts / litres at a time (say, within 10 minutes) is probably excessive, and if you find yourself doing so you may have other problems. Recommended daily sodium intake is < 2,300 mg, with an "ideal limit" of 1,500 mg/dy, though again this depends very heavily on circumstances. https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/sodium/how-much-sodium-should-i-eat-per-day https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-s... If you believe what I read on the Intertubes, a person can sweat out nearly 1,500 mg of salt in an hour (1,300 here). https://bikehike.org/how-much-salt-is-in-sweat/ https://bikehike.org/how-much-salt-is-in-sweat/ Under most reasonable / normal conditions, we're again at a couple of litres of isotonic solution, though again, this can vary considerably. Under heavy exercise I can easily drink 2--3 litres of water in a couple of hours, but that's with profuse sweat. I typically don't drink an isotonic solution, though I may mix up some in one of my two bike water bottles, or as an after-workout drink following a gym session.
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- dredmorbius 5y agoYour proportions are off. More sugar, much less salt. For 1 litre / 1 quart, you'd add about 2 tablespoons (about 30--35g) sugar, and "a pinch" (1--2 g) of salt. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Fluid-Replacement-Drink https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Fluid-Replacement-Drin...
- NathanielK 5y agoIt depends if you're eating anything else. Managing sugar is less of an issue since snacking as you go is usually possible. Your body is pretty good at telling you went to eat more, but knowing when to supplement salt is less intuitive. Salt concentrations are tricky too. Saline solution is ~3500mg/L of sodium, but that's over kill for drinking. Since you reabsorb some sodium when you sweat (less if you sweat more), you wouldn't want to replace lost water with an isotonic mixture.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAs I understand the principle, the sugar/salt balance and ratio help the liquid be absorbed quickly into the body. The goal is an ~isotonic solution. My rationale is that the recipe should be free-standing and not presume other feeding. If that's a consideration, it's not part of the baseline assumptions and formula. My principle beef with the suggestion I'd replied to is that it has far too much salt, more than I've seen suggested in any other sources I've run across.
- wolverine876 5y agoWhy believe Wikihow and not the other sources posted?
- dredmorbius 5y agoWikiHow matches numerous other references and my own earlier research. Numerous other people have posted similar recipes / ratios. If you've specific information that Wikihow is not reliable in this case, I'd be happy to see it.
- wolverine876 5y agoI've read 1 liter water, 8 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt. https://www.britannica.com/science/oral-rehydration-therapy https://www.britannica.com/science/oral-rehydration-therapy