Originally Posted by sherpa
I use roughly 1/2-2/3 strength but then I add a serving of lite salt. The lite salt adds the sodium and Potasium that Gatorade lacks.
I've heard that Gatorade is a bit short in both sodium and potassium, but they forumulated it so that people would actually drink it instead of making it "optimal". If they added enough sodium and potassium, it would probably taste "too salty" to most people.
Are you sure your lite salt contains sodium? I use Morton Lite Salt, and it is straight Potassium Chloride, with no sodium content.
Here's a recipe for homemade sports drink that I got from the roadbikerider.com web site. You can experiment with the ingredients to see what works best for you.
"You won't believe how close this sports drink recipe is to a commercial product. It has 110 mg of sodium and 38 mg of potassium per 8-oz. serving. Cost is only about 30 cents per half gallon. Compare that to $3 for Gatorade! You can adjust the sweetness to taste. -- John R.
► 1 packet any flavor of unsweetened Kool-Aid or similar product for making 2 quarts
► 8 tablespoons sugar
► 3/8 teaspoon of salt
► 1/8 teaspoon salt substitute that contains potassium chloride
► 2 quarts of water"