Ideal electrolyte mix opinions

[daman1]

I'm looking to take a daily electrolyte mix to help keep my big ass from lower back pulls and hamstring/calf strains and good shape for basketball. What does the ideal mix contain in your opinion?

 

[J2048b]

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[J2048b]

Some add coconut powder and some add honey


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[schultz1]

Go to amazon and but some thermatabs.

 

[Massive G]

This is what I use.

TRUE Electrolytes

When we sweat or urinate, the body loses more than just water. Rehydration is also about replenishing the salts & minerals lost (like sodium, potassium, magnesium & zinc) so the body can maintain fluid balance & pressure. This is especially important for those of us who exercise excessively or...

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[monsoon]

I use lyteshow that is drops added to water as well as a product called hydrate and recover from wilderness athlete.

 

[Rottenrogue]

make my own from the recipe on Lmnt's website

 

[CJ Smalls]

It's very individual, we all sweat and excrete sodium at different rates. If you're really interested in optimizing your intake, you can wear sweat patches and send them off to a lab, and they'll tell you your sweat rate and electrolyte concentration.

For us nornal people, simple table salt is roughly half sodium and chloride. For potassium, a cheap option is NuSalt, which is a sodium free table salt substitute, it's potassium chloride, and is in your supermarket. Or eat raisins or bananas.

When I'm active outdoors, I find that the 1,000:200 mg ratio of sodium to potassium per liter of fluid staves off cramping. 1,000 mg of sodium is half a teaspoon of table salt, for the 200 mg of potassium, I either use the NuSalt or eat a snack size box of raisins.

The calcium and magnesium found in electrolyte supplements, while important, are not immediately needed like sodium. If you have enough of them in your diet, it's not a concern to add them to a drink.

 

[CJ Smalls]

make my own from the recipe on Lmnt's website

I copy it pretty closely.

Robb Wolf, to his credit, has no problem saying that electrolyte drinks are overpriced convenience, and are simple to make yourself.

 

[parttimer]

I've been using this

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or some days for intra workout:

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Some things I find too sweet during a workout, the wife uses Canteen from redcon but that gives me an upset stomach.

 

[HydroEJP]

I copy it pretty closely.

Robb Wolf, to his credit, has no problem saying that electrolyte drinks are overpriced convenience, and are simple to make yourself.

I was using the home brew from the LMNT website also, but with a job change I just decided to get their own blend for convenience.

 

[CJ Smalls]

I was using the home brew from the LMNT website also, but with a job change I just decided to get their own blend for convenience.

Nothing wrong with that.

I have Salt Stick capsules and restaurant salt packets in my hiking bag, for emergencies. Convenience is convenient!!!