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I sub 1T sugar for honey and add 1/2 Lemon when I make mine. You’ll want the WHO recipe for Oral Rehydration Salts: https://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.h

I sub 1T sugar for honey and add 1/2 Lemon when I make mine. You’ll want the WHO recipe for Oral Rehydration Salts: https://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm#recipe https://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm#recipe Preparing 1 (one) Litre solution using Salt, Sugar and Water at Home Mix an oral rehydration solution using the following recipe. Ingredients: 2T Sugar Half (1/2) level teaspoon of Salt One Litre of clean drinking or boiled water and then cooled - 5 cupfuls (each cup about 200 ml.) Preparation Method: Stir the mixture till the salt and sugar dissolve.

HumblyTossed 2y ago
Seems like a lot of sugar.
- ineedaj0b 2y ago
  if you cut out all processed sugar, this is a good amount. I only eat meat and veggies and adding small amounts of honey and fruit made a difference
- righthand 2y ago
  Hence the honey, plus you get magnesium and potassium from honey. Probably no more or even less processed sugar than packaged and processed electrolyte offerings.
- GoodOldNe 2y ago
  You need to have the sugar because it is required to transport sodium across the cell membrane in the intestine. Without the sugar you will not absorb the salt, which is what helps maintain hydration and electrolyte balance. This discovery has possibly saved roughly as many lives as antibiotics.
hollerith 2y ago
I use cherry juice in my oral rehydration solution.
righthand 2y ago
Addendum: I believe the basis for electrolytes is salt and water; the sugar is there for taste. You will find the WHO recipe has a similar Gatorade kind of taste. That’s the sugar and salt flavors mixed. Perhaps the sugar changes the water polarity? But you can do what ever you want after 1L of water + 1/2 tsp salt and some sort of sugars. 1/8 tsp (pinch) baking soda is another popular addition. > An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that are electrically conductive through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water.[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte

HumblyTossed 2y ago

Seems like a lot of sugar.

ineedaj0b 2y ago
if you cut out all processed sugar, this is a good amount. I only eat meat and veggies and adding small amounts of honey and fruit made a difference
righthand 2y ago
Hence the honey, plus you get magnesium and potassium from honey. Probably no more or even less processed sugar than packaged and processed electrolyte offerings.
GoodOldNe 2y ago
You need to have the sugar because it is required to transport sodium across the cell membrane in the intestine. Without the sugar you will not absorb the salt, which is what helps maintain hydration and electrolyte balance. This discovery has possibly saved roughly as many lives as antibiotics.

hollerith 2y ago

I use cherry juice in my oral rehydration solution.

righthand 2y ago

Addendum: I believe the basis for electrolytes is salt and water; the sugar is there for taste. You will find the WHO recipe has a similar Gatorade kind of taste. That’s the sugar and salt flavors mixed. Perhaps the sugar changes the water polarity? But you can do what ever you want after 1L of water + 1/2 tsp salt and some sort of sugars. 1/8 tsp (pinch) baking soda is another popular addition. > An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that are electrically conductive through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water.[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte