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Cheapest form of balanced electrolytes for daily use?

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Cheapest form of balanced electrolytes for daily use? - Lemmy

Title says it all. I’m looking for serious electrolyte powder, drink, supplement, DIY. For when water isn’t hydrating enough due to an underlying medical condition. I hope this is OK to post. I can easily drink 1.5 gallons a day and gain no relief from horrible dehydration. I’ll also share my water bottle soon as I can!

Jun 22, 2024 at 4:47amWeb
Show threadSHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLEJun 22, 2024
I can’t speak to it being cheap or expensive relative to other options but I buy Tailwind to mix with water when I’m going on long hikes.
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I’ll check them out. Thanks.
Show threadbrillottiJun 22, 2024
Cheapest I’ve been using is LoSalt: 33% table salt and 66% potassium salt.
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
What about missing out on all the other vitamins, minerals, to have it completely balanced as far as the list of what gets depleted when your severely dehydrated over time. Have you had an issues using your formula longterm?
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
Not sure why there are downvotes here. Vitamins, minerals, and salts get washed out overtime especially flooding with water in the system can throw things off quick. Something balanced is ideal to keep up on all needed electrolytes. This is for a serious health condition. Not a run through the park.
Show threadbrillottiJun 22, 2024
For serios health issues you should consult your doctor. I’ve been having salty water like that while fasting for a maximum of 3 consecutive days in order to avoid feeling lightheaded, so that’s not nearly long enough to deplete my body’s vitamin reserves.
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 23, 2024
I see multiple specialist and am in the hospital for testing regularly. Most of them recommend pedialyte or to keep drinking the body armours I drink.
Show threadjqubedJun 22, 2024
We’ve been trying to find something to get more electrolytes into my daughter who has POTS/dysautonomia. She didn’t like the Gatorade/Powerade classics when we first started learning about/suspecting the condition (too sweet). We’ve tried others like Liquid IV and Drip Drop but she didn’t like those because of the sugar alternatives they use (weird aftertaste). We were going to try LMNT as another recommended option but saw they use stevia and that’s also a no-go. I did notice their website lists a DIY recipe, and I suspect that might be the least expensive way to go. Annoyingly, the recipe is listed using both mass and volume measurements, but I suppose that can be dealt with/converted. If we don’t find a better option for her soon I’m starting to think we’ll just try to make our own from this recipe.
How to make LMNT's electrolyte drink mix at home

An electrolyte drink should contain sodium, potassium, magnesium, and fluids for hydration. Here’s how to make a few of LMNT’s most popular flavors at home.

LMNT Electrolytes
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I have tried a few DIYs even juices from fruit and honestly my go to is always body armour and I hate it simply for the plastic bottle and the cost. Nothing else hydrates as good for me. Its horrible having to go through many powders and types to find something that works. The only sweetener that isn’t artificial comes form a plant is Stevia leaf extract its the lesser evil you might say. Its easiest on the GI tract without any lingering aftertaste. I’m looking to go fill DIY with supplements and water if I have to. Anything to maintain hydration at this point.
Show threadTootSweetJun 22, 2024

Is this the sort of thing you’re looking for?

drkarafitzgerald.com/…/super-hydrating-electrolyt…

Super-Hydrating Electrolyte Formula - Dr. Kara Fitzgerald

This is our favorite electrolyte recipe, adapted from the World Health Organization.

Dr. Kara Fitzgerald
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I’m not looking for anything in particular. Just the cheapest route to severe electrolyte loss preferably something that balanced for vitamin, mineral, salt. I’m OK with formulas and DIYs or off the shelf products. Healthiest, then cost. As I require intense daily electrolytes for medical reasons.
Show threadID411Jun 22, 2024

I would get some medical advice.

1.5 gallon is way too much water in a day unless you are hiking in the rain forest or something.

You’re probably washing out more nutrients that way.

All you need for hydration is water , salt , and a squeeze of citrus fruit . Pretty much everything else is marketing.

Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
No intense exercise for me. Just daily around the house moving. I’m incapable of anything intense due to how bad my dehydration is amongst other issues.
Show threadEjh3kJun 22, 2024

Pickle juice. Also, pickles.

Sauerkraut

Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I still do pickle juice. Not just for thirst but taste of that giant swig is refreshing for sure. Not often as digestive issues get to me. It does work though.
Show threadCatWinnerJun 22, 2024
As a fellow GF human because of a colitis condition, the LMNT works well for me. I usually mix it with 2-3x the water recommendation to chill out the taste a bit, but it works wonders. My whole family has a genetic issue that leaves us super vulnerable to dehydration, but I can’t stand chugging so much sugar all the time from other “sports” drinks. LMNT and just DIY electrolyte drinks (water, salt, lemon) have helped a lot.
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I checked them out. Think I might give them a shot. I have a genetic issue as well. Its the root of all my issues which has led to cascade failure.
Show threadinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]Jun 22, 2024
I often use molasses with a little bit of salt, that’s about as cheap as you can get.
Show threadOhVenus_BabyJun 22, 2024
I will look into molasses. I’ve tried fruit squeezes like lemon, limes, grapefruit, watermelon juice, cucumbers, and others. Doesn’t cut it for my needs. I deal with like super dehydration. It can onset rapidly with my health conditions.
Show threadinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]Jun 23, 2024

Fruit juice has vitamins and other micronutrients, but it doesn’t necessarily have that elemental salt profile.

Blackstrap is the good stuff, it’s got potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron. Because of how it is produced, it has lots of the impurities of the sugar concentrated in it. Sorghum molasses is okay but not as good for this as blackstrap is. Take a look at the nutrition facts, and you’ll see a bunch of quantities for stuff that’s on the periodic table. I suspect various other concentrates might have similar properties.

Typically I add maybe 20g molasses per liter of water, with another 10g of iodized salt or baking soda or cream of tartar (potassium hydrogen tartrate).

I had a health condition for a while that had me carrying salt water on my person for a year, just as a precaution.

Show thread/home/pineappleloverMay 11, 2025
Some lemons and salt. Basically some lemonade