Ten Minute Tips #2: Homemade Hydration Mix

Do companies really make the best hydration mixes? They do, kind of, but they're expensive. It's difficult to adjust their mixes to flavor and your unique needs. This episode goes through a homemade drink mix that will probably hydrate you better, and definitely for cheaper, than anything on the market today.

Show Notes
Homemade Hydration Recipe

• 500mL water (16 oz or a bit over 2 cups), fill a bottle up to the middle of the bottle holder indentation (400mL for cold days, 550-700mL for hot days)
• 1 heaping tablespoon dextrose (~10g)
• About 7/8 tablespoon of sucrose (table sugar) (~10g)
• 1/4 tsp sodium citrate (adjust to sodium requirements)
• 1/8 tsp calcium lactate and/or potassium citrate
• 1/8 tsp ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (to taste)
• 1/8 - 1/4 tsp citric acid
• ~1/2 tsp freeze dried fruit, ground up, or fruit juice (not too much) to taste