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Homemade sports drinks
September 14, 2009By Alex Hutchinson
A few months ago, I promised to look into how to make your own sports drink at home. It has taken me a while to follow up, but I thought I’d pass the following along. From the book “Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook,” as cited in a New York Times blog entry:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup hot water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 1/2 cups cold waterIn a quart pitcher, dissolve the sugar and salt in the hot water. Add the remaining ingredients and the cold water. The drink contains about 50 calories and 110 mg of sodium per 8 ounces, approximately the same as for most sports drinks.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is the author of "Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise," published in 2011 by McClelland & Stewart (http://CardioOrWeights.com). He is a senior editor at Canadian Running, and a regular columnist on the science of fitness for the Globe and Mail. Alex competed for the Canadian national team in track, cross-country and road running between 1997 and 2008.
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