There are a gazillion sports drinks on the market and each and everyone promises this or that. As an ordinary customer, what chance do you actually have to fully understand what exactly you are putting into your body. That’s the real benefit of making your own sports drink, at least, you are in control of and know what exactly you are putting into your body.Furthermore, if you follow our wonderful recipe and guide below, you can make a really healthy drink that is much cheaper than the so called professional drinks out there and lower in sugar and sodium and basically just about anything else. And of course, because you are making it yourself, you know how fresh it is, in fact, you could easily make yourself a fresh one on a daily basis.
These are not particularly difficult to make and the ingredients are easy enough to obtain. And once you start making them regularly then you will never buy another sports drink ever again. Watch and follow the video below to discover just how simple to make this amazing little drink is. And then please let us know in the comments how you got on.Chef John of Food Wishes brings us this recipe which he calls “Greaterade”
HOMEMADE SPORTS DRINK – A.K.A. “GREATERADE”
INGREDIENTS
– 8 cups fresh cold water
– 3 tablespoons honey, or other sweetener to taste
– 1/2 teaspoon fine *pink salt (mine was coarsely ground, so I used a rounded 1/2 teaspoon)
– 3/4 teaspoon calcium magnesium powder (this is the one I used)
– Pinch cayenne
– 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
– 2 lemons, juiced
– 2 limes, juiced