Gatorade (only slightly OT)

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:05:42 -0700, brianDG303 wrote:

On Jun 3, 3:29Â*pm, Chris Reed wrote:
Tony wrote:
On Jun 3, 4:08 pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
With summer, season of heat, dehydration and cramps, nearly here I
have a question:

Does anybody know where I can buy powdered Gatorade in the UK -
preferably lemon/lime flavour in 521g (18.4 oz) jars.

Failing that, does anybody have a recipe for an acceptable
substitute?

--
martin@ Â* | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org Â* Â* Â* |

You could try a standard oral rehydration solution. The recipe I found
is fromhttp://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm

Ingredients:

Â* Â* Â** one level teaspoon of salt
Â* Â* Â** eight level teaspoons of sugar
Â* Â* Â** one litre of clean drinking or boiled water and then cooled

Lemon juice is suggested as a flavouring.

This page is particularly recommended because it has a picture to
explain how you mix these together. I must admit that the idea of
putting them all in a jug and stirring had not previously occurred to
me.

More sophisticated recipes
fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy, though so
far as I can see these just add a few more minerals. It's gratifying to
know that this is the standard treatment for cholera, such a scourge
(literally) at airfields.

My feeling is that drinking this mixture throughout the flight might be
too much, but I'll mix up a batch and put some in a separate bottle,
keeping my camelbak for plain water, to stave off cramps.

I take a Camelbak full of water, and 1/2 liter of orange juice which has
400 mg of potassium. I'm no expert but that works for me, I guess I
don't need the salt and I don't want the sugar.

I do need the salt: past experience says that. Much as I like the idea of
carrying water and some sort of juice (unsweetened grapefruit dies it for
me, but I can sense a number of mouths puckering at the mere thought) as
a Libelle driver I have space for a camelbak of water but that's it!


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |