Homemade Energy Drink

[Robert Gardner]

I discovered that I have five pounds of bakers sugar in my pantry that I never use, and so I decided to use it up making my own energy drink. The recipe that I have developed and been using is as follows:
1/3 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon of iodized salt
1/8 teaspoon of salt substitute for the potassium
I add this to two quarts of tap water.
I am interested in any comments or suggestions you might have.
When the baker’s sugar is gone, I plan on substituting Country Time Lemonade mix for the sugar as it is mostly sugar. When that is gone I’ll decide on what to try next.

[Renault78law]

honey?

[forum*rider]

YES THIS IS THE ANSWER!!!!

for a school project I have to make an energy drink and bring it to class. :)

[Guest]

Make coffee- it works for me!

Aaaaaah, nature's endorphin! :D

Koffee

[jedi_rider]

I dunno. But Honey with Tang to wash it down works great for me on long rides.

[jacob]

full of crap recipe.

[Squirrel]

the lemonade version sounds good. What is bakers sugar?

[mike]

I have a name for your energy drink in case you want to market it. You can call it "Bonker".

[Shannon-UT]

I forgot where I found this.

Lemon-orange sports drink

Water
1 caffeine-free lemon tea bag
2 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons orange juice

Bring 16 ounces of water to a boil. Steep lemon tea bag. Dissolve sugar and salt in the tea and let cool. Combine the tea and orange juice and chill.

Nutritional info per 8 ounce serving: 60 calories; less than 1g protein; 15g carbohydrates; 130mg sodium; less than 1g fat

Although you won't taste it, a scant amount of sodium is added to the recipe to help keep you better hydrated. Working out for long periods of time without adequate sodium levels can cause the blood sodium levels to drop to dangerously low levels. Drink this homemade concoction before, during, or after working out.

[mntbikedude]

I forgot where I found this.

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Relief Society remember it was the lesson on what to replace cola drinks with...... :D j/k

[Shannon-UT]

Mtnbikedude, that's pretty funny!

I'm a Utah 'import' however, but I know what your referring!
;)

[RiPHRaPH]

how about a coke 1/2 and 1/2 with water. fast and reliable. water cuts out the carbonation (burp)

[nhorscro]

Back when I first started racing.....in the 70's when we didn't have energy drinks (or I couldn't afford them) we would add some salt to coke. It causes it to fizz and lose most of the carbonation. Then you'd add ice to dilute it a bit as it is a bit sweeter without the fizz. You ended up with sugar and bit of sodium and caffeine. I have no idea if it works, it's just what we drank sometimes.

[jonbike]

Here is a list of medical ingredients from a popular enrgy drink;

Paulliania cupana (guarana) seed extract standardized to %8 caffeine 94.6 mg
vitamin C (absorbic acid 113.5 mg
taurine 1892 mg
insitol 189.2 mg
creatine monohydrate or derivatives 47.3 mg
I-arginine 18.9 mg
grape seed extract 47.3 mg
vitamine B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride) 3.8 mg
vitamine B12 (cyanocobalamin) 11.4 mcg
selenium (hydrolysed vegtebale Protine Chelate) 33.1 mg
caffine 143.8 mg

After this you can add any flavour or sweetner you like.
Let me know if you can duplicate this?