I’m not eating and I need to keep my electrolytes up. I’ve been trying different drinks and there pretty much all awful. The best I’ve had so far is pineapple coconut water. The worst is Powerade Zero fruit punch.
It seems like whatever stuff they put in there in these drinks is the problem because many of them have this horrible bitter taste they try to hide with flavoring.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
And yes, I know Brawndo has electrolytes. Very droll.
Brawndo of course.
It’s got electrolytes!
I stick to electrolyte water the most. I know sugar can help with absorbing electrolytes but I don’t like sugar much.
I like the BodyArmor water the best, followed by probably Smart Water and Essentia. They’re all fairly similar; I’m splitting hairs with taste. I’ll buy whatever is the cheapest or on a sale.
Pokari Sweat.
I survived on that stuff when I did a one week Kebdo training camp in Japan. It’s fantastic!
Coconut water, definitely. I like the kind with turmeric and ginger in it.
If someone is very dehydrated though, you want oral rehydration solution, which everyone with a kitchen should know how to make:
- 1 liter (quart) of clean water
- 70 grams (6 tablespoons) of white sugar¹
- 3 grams (½ teaspoon) of table salt
If you have them, also add some other electrolytes (or have the dehydrated person eat a banana, which contains potassium bicarbonate):
- 2½ grams (¼ teaspoon) of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
- 2½ grams (¼ teaspoon) of potassium chloride (sodium-free “salt substitute”)
¹ This is what the official recipes say, but it’s probably okay to cut it in half if the dehydrated person doesn’t also need the calories.
I’m not a nutritionist by any means, but I was under the impression that coconut water is a mild laxative. Not sure if that’s the case with commercial products though.
Before work every day, I go to the Dollar Tree next door to buy drinks for the day. I’ve been buying the various random flavored waters, and whatever other drinks are sugar and caffeine free. Found this stuff called Reward, in a square bottle talking about electrolytes and whatnot, back of the bottle making it seem like they’re claiming to be some knock-off Pedialyte. They claim to have a bunch of flavors, but I’ve only ever seen strawberry kiwi. Tastes a lot better than I expected. Kinda over-sweetened, if anything.
I’m on a keto diet, and I NEED the electrolytes. I found this recipe and it’s been helping me so far. https://www.ketofitnessclub.com/blogs/drinks/electrolyte-drink
I’d be interested in anyone’s takes on that recipe, hopefully I’m not poisoning my liver or something…
Edit: I just read your previous post, so you probably shouldn’t try this recipe as it uses apple cider vinegar which I believe would aggravate your ulcer.
You’re getting a little sugar from the fruit juice.
Vinegars always been difficult for me to drink. But it looks super interesting do you like it?
Weird that I don’t seem to get notifications for comment replies using Sync, so sorry for the delayed response.
I don’t enjoy drinking the apple cider vinegar, HOWEVER, it has has a huge positive impact on me in combination with keto. It goes down hard, but extremely worth it for me!
What impact does it have with keto?
Tbh I made my own as a means of adding extra Potassium to my diet. i.e potassium bicarbonate, citric acid and my flavoring of choice (one was cherry and the other was mango)
I have myself cucumber water everyday, it’s fantastic but I don’t know if it will help you specifically : blend cucumbah in some wotah, add enough wotah that it becomes nicely fluid, deep jungle green, then filter it. Or don’t, if you want fibah. Pinch of salt, squeeze of lemon, good to go.
Hammer Fizz is my go-to. Taste is great, very low sugar, potassium sodium and magnesium. The caffeinated cola flavor is my favorite.
Never even seen that one.
Could take a supplement. Most are useless but some do serve a use in the right circumstances. I take magnesium for leg cramps for example. Could do a mix of Calcium, magnesium, potassium, with just water. Throw to the back of the throat, no taste at all. A multi vitamin might do the trick too, like one-a- day. But you will need to research them.
One potential issue with this solution is most suppliments suggest being taken with a meal. If you are able, milk is an electrolyte source as qell, so that might serve the meal requirement.
Good luck, I’ve had ulcers most of my life, surgery 3 times for them, they suck, a lot
Powerade is like the discount Gatorade.
When I was abroad, my favorite was BodyArmor
BlackoutMixed Berry (apparently they’re discontinued).Pocari Sweat. It’s a Japanese drink but you can find it in the US. Awesome flavor and it should have a good balance but check it out.
OK so lots of comments about healthy alternatives and such… but you asked what taste best, well to me that’s the Gatorade glacier cherry. I buy the individual powder packs and mix my own, and I get the zero sugar one, but imo that’s the best flavor.
I just got that yesterday to try since I’m trying everything in the store. It’s not as terrible as a lot of the others. I can’t say I love it, but I’ll drink it.
I read your previous post. This sounds like hell. I’m sorry you’re going through this awful shit.
L-Glutamine can actually help treat H. Pylori over a six week period. It’s pretty inexpensive, and it would be a good test while you wait. Take 5 grams twice daily mixed into whatever liquids you can manage to get into your system.
If it doesn’t help the problem, then there’s at least a reasonably good chance that H. Pylori isn’t the culprit. I hope that you obtain relief very soon.
There’s this like knockoff Pedialyte brand called electrolit I really like some of the lighter flavors of. Coconut, think there’s a cucumber lime etc. There’s a cucumber lime Gatorade that seems to very im availability depending on where you live that I really like too.
