Homemade All-Natural Electrolyte Drink
We all know that being active is good for us. But did you know that it's not just the movement that makes your body happy? Just the simple act of sweating is wonderful for you! Sweating is one of the body's natural detoxification pathways.
But when you are sweating, toxins aren't the only things escaping your pores-water and electrolytes are too, and they are two things your body needs to keep on keepin' on. So what's the solution? Well, if you're a professional athlete, you'll probably pound back a cup filled with sports drink from an orange cooler.
But I am not a professional athlete, and I would honestly much prefer to restock my body using all-natural goodies. So I make my own electrolyte drink at home using ingredients I always have in stock!
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The one speciality item you'll see in the list below is liquid trace minerals drops. These are absolutely not necessary to making the drink, but they are something that I think are handy to have around-especially if you filter your water. By filtering your water (which I highly recommend if you are on city water-this is the filter we use), you remove a lot of the beneficial minerals that our bodies need to function. A few drops of the liquid trace minerals help to replenish those minerals. Don't have it or don't want to buy the trace minerals? No problem. The sea salt in the recipe goes a long way to helping your body recover!
This recipe mixes up to make one quart, and it is so incredibly tasty. It just absolutely hits the spot after a good workout (especially if it happens to be hot outside). I use a wide-mouth quart Mason jar when I make up my batch, but if you need something less prone to breaking (say you want to carry this with you on a long run), any water bottle will work! Enjoy.
📖 Recipe
Homemade All-Natural Electrolyte Drink
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- Juice of ½ lemon
- Juice of ½ lime
- 20 drops liquid trace minerals optional, but is a great way to make sure you're replenishing your body's minerals
- 2 cups cold filtered water
- Ice
Instructions
- Add the maple syrup, salt, lemon juice, lime juice, liquid trace minerals (if using), and water into a one-quart jar or glass. Stir to combine. Fill the glass with ice and enjoy!
This is so good!! Better than actual Gatorade without all the bad stuff! I made with four tablespoons of lime juice because I didn’t have lemon juice.
Hello, I tried these energy drinks recipe and it works just awesome. It is far better than all those chemical flavored energy drinks in the market. Thanks for sharing.
i wonder if you could pour some sparkling water in and make it almost like sprite?
THIS IS SUCH A REFRESHING DRINK.... !
It is! I love how mild it is.
I can`t stop looking at this! It`s absolutely divine and I want to try this...
Have a great time,
Paula
It is pretty rockin! I just had some during my long run and it was perfect!
I just started making my own energy bars for post-workout, but this is a great idea for during workouts. I have a 2.5 gym session today--I wish I'd known about this about 15 hours ago so I could have made this last night!!!
It is pretty quick to make up if you have the ingredients handy! And I say you could use 1/4 of any kind of fruit juice to flavor it. Have an awesome workout!
I had a hilarious image of someone pounding the pavement, headphones in, sweat dripping, mason jar in hand! 🙂
Hahah! It definitely made me lol, too. I need to get some clear sports bottles, apparently.
I emailed myself Emily's sports drink recipe last week. I'll have to give yours a try too! I love lemon-lime!
Mine is pretty much exactly the same as Emily's, just different juices. You could probably use any juice to flavor it. I just find the citrus-y juices more palatable when I'm running.
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am working on becoming a runner myself and I know this will come in handy in the future!
Let me know if you like it!
Duh. I didn't even think of that. I need to get out of this house...snowed in brain is settling in!
I need to see if I have lime juice and then I'm totally making this!
I don't see why it couldn't be all lemon, too. It'd just be like watered down lemonade!
I will be trying this too, but I think I'm going to use agave nectar instead of the sugar. As much as I hate to say it, sugar and I just don't get along these days 🙁
Agave should work fine, because it has a lot of fructose and sucrose in it. I would just avoid any of the "zero-calorie" sweeteners, because you definitely WANT the calories and sugar in your blood stream.
Definitely going to be trying this!
I love putting it in my CambelBak. Especially when it is hot out. It's great!