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Homeade sports drinks

shawn

Posted: 28 August 2007 01:15 PM

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Here are a couple of recipes for homemade sports drinks

Recipe 1

* 1 can orange juice
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon lime juice
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* water

Recipe 2

* 1/2 cup honey
* 1/2 teaspoon lite salt
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* water

Recipe 3

* 10 tbs. sugar (5/8 cups or 120 grams)
* .75 tsp Morton Lite salt (4.2 grams)
* 1 package of Coolaid mix for flavor
* Water to make 2 liters

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judypatooty

Posted: 28 August 2007 01:22 PM

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Very cool! I’ll bet your recipes taste a lot better than Gatorade (Ick!!!) and cheaper, too!

Thanks for posting the recipes, Shawn!

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shawn

Posted: 28 August 2007 01:28 PM

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Actually Judy there was an interesting debate on cost of these drinks in Christina’s thread, my take-Gatorade may be slightly cheaper, but the drinks are 10x better for you!

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chameleonofdeath

Posted: 29 August 2007 01:11 PM

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Here’s the link Shawn gave me.

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-99342.html-more

Just so that you guys do not have to bother about looking around my thread, 20oz of gatorade made from the powdered formula (in half strength) costs around 4 cents. I tried 0.5 cups honey, 0.25 cups lemon juice, and some salt, and 20oz of that is around $0.20. So the homemade version is about 5 times as expensive as powdered gatorade.

If cost is a factor, go with the gatorade formula. If not, the homemade recipe is always healthier.

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Posted: 29 August 2007 01:15 PM

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Another thing. The honey in the formula is the big deciding factor on how much the drink will cost. I buy honey in the gallons at wholesale price, so it’s relatively cheaper than those little squeeze bottles in the shape of a teddy bear.

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shawn

Posted: 29 August 2007 01:34 PM

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But the honey bear is SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

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chameleonofdeath

Posted: 29 August 2007 02:10 PM

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Shawn you need to grow up!

Fine you can use half a bottle of those honey bears every time you make a batch of that drink! Your loss!

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shawn

Posted: 29 August 2007 04:01 PM

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NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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