Thursday, May 6, 2010

Thirsty Thursday- Homemade "Gatorade"

Being the mom of a very talented athlete, I try to provide the best possible nutrition for my young sprinter to perform well. Sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade are filled with yucky ingredients and have no real fruit juice in them at all.

Give this one a try....


1/2 cup orange juice or 2 oranges juiced

1/2 cup apple juice or 1 apple juiced

1 lemon, juiced

1 limed, juiced

1/2 teaspoon ascorbic acid (vitamin c powder)

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1 tbsp raw honey

8 ice cubes


Juice all ingredients and then blend everything in a blender. If you are not juicing and using commercial juice, try to get organic and unpasteurized if possible.


You may dilute with water to taste as it is quite salty. You can store this drink in a sports bottle and keep in a cooler for those long days.

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