Guide to Homemade Electrolyte Drinks
By Joanne Smith
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About this ebook
You can't miss all those brand name sports drinks that line the shelves at the grocery and convenience stores.
Bright, bold colors labeled in such a way that make you to believe you are grabbing a bottle of instant vitality and health.
These drinks are the funding sponsors to many sporting events, and have been touted and endorsed by celebrities and athletes, alike.
We are made to feel confident that we are choosing a drink much better than any old run- of- the- mill pop. But should we?
Certainly, if the premium price is any indication, we should!
Sports drinks can run a pretty penny!
So, if it costs more, the logic should follow that it MUST BE better! Right?
WRONG!
Many store bought electrolyte and power drinks are not only bad for you, they can be down right dangerous!
Instead discover over 160 nutrient rich, power packed electrolyte drinks that you can whip up in seconds for pennies a glass.
Learn once and for all; what are electrolytes, when you need them and when you don't!
Become equipped and ready for when you or your family gets hit with surprise attack of dehydration, sunstroke or the flu.
Give your body the upper hand with work out recovery. Refuel it with ingredients that build and not deplete.
Also included are additional recipes for electrolyte rich snacks, soups, treatments and tricks; handling electrolyte depletion in pets; tips for when you need to purchase an electrolyte product (who do you trust) and an important alert of who is the most vulnerable to be electrolyte deficient. (hint: it is NOT the athletes and kids that the manufacturers are marketing too)
Its time to ditch that no good, expensive, store bought stuff.
Here are over 160 delicious electrolyte drink alternatives that will fuel, heal and rebuild you and your family.
Joanne Smith
Joanne Smith is a virtual assistant and author from Manitoba, Canada.She has a passion for single parents, natural health and helping others discover all that they are meant to be.
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Guide to Homemade Electrolyte Drinks - Joanne Smith
Guide to Homemade Electrolyte Drinks
by Joanne Smith
Table of Contents
COPYWRITE
FYI and DISCLAIMER
PART 1 ~ WHATS THE BUZZ ABOUT ELECTROLYTES?
What are Electrolytes?
Electrolyte Imbalances
Symptoms of Electrolyte Imbalances
A Quick Bit About Dehydration
Medical Treatments for Severe Electrolyte Disorders
Home Treatment for Mild Dehydration and Electrolyte Imbalance
The Electrolyte Main Players
The Problem with Store Bought Rehydration Drinks
Do You Even Need a Sports Drink? Who, Where, When and Why
Thoughts about Electrolyte Add-in's
and Ingredients
Food High in Natural Electrolytes
PART 2 ~ ELECTROLYTE RECIPES
DIY Eye- Ball Guide Lines
World Health Organization Oral Rehydration Solution
RECIPES with TEAS
Replenishing Drink with Coconut Water and Tea
Pomegranate Juice and Tea
Watermelon Ginger Zap
Apricot-Goji Hydrator
Jo's Favorite Tea Recipe
Bengal Refresher
Zenergy Smoothieomemade Electrolyte Drinks
RECIPES with INFUSED WATER
DRINKS with COCONUT WATER
Watermelon Coconut Drink
Waterberry Smoothie
Easy Peesy Coconut Refresher
Mixed Up Fruit
Pina Colada
Cranberry Flush
Three C's Blend
Easy Sweet With Chia
Coco- Bananas
Del Monte Blend
Electrolyte Sport Drink with Ginger
Coconut Berry Bliss Sports Drink
Juicy Coconut Energy Drink
Coconut Chai Milk
Shake
CoCo- Peachy Shake
Home- Made Coconut Milk
OUT of the BLENDER
The Great Green Almond
Mango- Milk Smoothie
Pear Chia Green Smoothie
Chilled Cucumber-Mint Soup
Cinnamon Fruit Soup
Creamsicle
Strawberry Shake
Honeydew Cucumber Smoothie
Mango/ Orange Electrolyte Smoothie
Berry Blast Homemade Electrolyte Drinks
Very Berry Blast
Sasquatch Shake
Magnesium Smoothie
Chocolate Banana Dream
Vitamin C Smoothie
Mango Miracle
Super Watermelon
Wild Melon Smoothie
Plain Yogurt Lassi
Nutty Over Green Smoothies
Blended Salad with Nori
P and P Smoothie
HOMEMADE NUT MILKS (Mylks)
ELECTROLYTE DRINKS FROM YOUR JUICER
North Pole Green Juice
Nature's Gatorade
Powerfully Fast Powerade
Green Juice Gatorade
The Lip Twister
Orange Oasis Sports-Drink Recipe
Zippy Spring Tonic
Pick-me-Up Energy Drink
J's Secret
J's Best
Summertime Punch
Cucumber Cooler
Fabulous Fennel
Red IceGuide to Homemade Electrolyte Drinks
Taste of Heaven
Dr Breuss's Cancer Killer
Mineral Tonic
CLASSIC RECIPES, SIMPLE RECIPES and KID APPROVED RECIPES
Haymaker's Punch
Apple Juice and ACV
Speedy Electrolyte Drink
Homemade Pedialyte Recipe #1
Homemade Pedialyte Recipe #2
Homemade Pedialyte Recipe #3
Fast and Furious Pedialyte Recipe
Electrolyte Pops
Brew a Batch
CULTURED and FERMENTED DRINKS
Fermented Coconut Water
Beet Kvass
Rejuvelac
Kombucha
Kefir
Water Kefir
Ginger-Bug
Pickle Juice
Fermented Orange Juice
Bubbly Probiotic Lemonade
Other Cultured Ideas
Break Down of the Fermenting Basics
Can I Give Fermented Drinks to My Kids?
ELECTROLYTE-RICH SOUPS and BROTHS to Homemade Electrolyte Drink
My Best Healing Bone Marrow Broth
Easy- Breezy Cream of Tomato Soup
Miso Soup
Potato Water Broth
Squash Soup
Full Belly Beet Borscht
Creamy Broccoli & Spinach Soup
Surprise No- Cream, Cream of Potato Soup
Cream of Anything Soup
ELECTROLYTE BARS and SNACKS
Dr Furhmans Black Bean Brownie and *Banana Treat
Chickpea, Raisin and Hemp Heart Cookie
Your Name Here's
Favorite 3- Ingredient Energy Bars
Create Your Perfect Trail- Mix
Electrolyte Calculator Tool
Soak in Your Electrolytes
Others Who May Need Electrolytes
Electrolytes for Your Furry Family
Better Commercial Products
About Joanne
Resources
Guide to Homemade Electrolyte Drinks
Joanne Smith
Published by Just Jo Social
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FYI and Disclaimer
Wow! Whoever would have thought there would be so much to learn about electrolytes, minerals, chemistry and all the related scientific jargon. My head is still spinning!
Electrolytes are immensely important and much more complex then could be thoroughly explained here. I am certainly not knowledgeable enough to be the one to explain it with any clarity.
Speaking with mind-blown awe and acknowledgment, medical students spend a lot of time studying what we are only touching on in this book.
How they retain it all, I don't know, but I respect you immensely for doing it.
That being said, I also do not think that is why you picked up this book.
For the most of you, you are looking for refreshing, low-cost, and nutritious alternatives to the pricey, neon-colored, chemical laden liquids that the local grocery and convenience store dangles before us.
That is what I will offer. I do not wish to overwhelm you -or myself- with a lot of physiological/ chemical jargon when all you were simply looking for were recipes.
** I repeat. I am not a medical professional **
I'm a mom, a blogger, an author, a natural-food educator and I wanted to (first) understand electrolytes for myself and then (second) compile a handy book of homemade electrolyte options for my personal use. I offer them to you, as well.
If you are looking for a more sophisticated resource on the chemistry behind electrolytes and your body, please go to a medical book or a medical professional.
In any situation where you are facing severe dehydration, please, seek immediate medical attention. Extreme dehydration is incredibly dangerous, and more difficult to treat than just offering a drink or two.
So, with all that out of the way, I hope you find this book useful, resourceful and delicious.
PART 1 ~ Whats The Buzz About Electrolytes?
What are Electrolytes?
A peek into the Chemistry text books will tell us that an electrolyte is an aqueous solution which acts as a medium to conduct electricity.
Or, the solution in which electricity is passed and causes ions to move towards their respective electrodes
.
Simply stated, electrolytes help conduct an electric current throughout the body.
What Do Electrolytes Do in the Body
Did you catch that part about electric current
, in the bit above?
Think ELECTROLYTES ---> then think ----> ELECTRIC CURRENT -----> as in ----->
ELECTRIC ENERGY -----> as in ------> ENERGY!
Electrolytes are the electrically charged particles (called ions) in our bodily fluids that are used in the creation of the electrical energy that our body needs for its basic functions.
A layman's, super simplified definition of electrolytes would be ~the stuff in your fluids that provides electrical energy.
Electrolytes fuel cells.
Cells are the building blocks of your body.
Your body's brilliant web of tissues and cells depend on the proper balance of electrolytes, successfully carrying electrical signals, so they can get their specific jobs done.
Jobs such as sending nerve impulses, muscular contractions and muscle repair.
Electrolyte levels, when kept constant and healthy by our kidneys and various hormones help maintain proper pH balance and hydration levels in blood and body fluids, and a help keep a healthy blood pressure.
It is the body fluids such as blood, plasma, the fluid around the cell and