I play a fair bit of sport, I typically play football 4-5 times a week, my blood pressure is a 120/70 and my pulse rate averages out about 46 at rest. When playing football, I always forget to take a drink for fluid top-up after the exercise. So thinking, instead of taking a flask of water, why not make my own Isotonic Drink from ordinary household items?
There are a few resources on this, many look a little shady and some look to hold more credibility than others. So, giving them all a benefit of the doubt, I will try three recipes and chart how each one makes me feel.
Obviously I dont have the equipment to properly chart how it makes me feel but I will factor in a few of my own symptoms after exercise. I play mostly evenings during the week and early morning on a Sunday. I will chart the following:
- How thirsty I feel before I get into bed after drinking a pint and a half of said sports drink (a rating of 1 to 5).
- How my body feels in the morning after sleeping and digesting said sports drink (a rating of 1 to 5).
- Taste of said sports drink.
- Cost of ingredients for said sports drink.
The three recipes will be as follows:
Recipe One
- 1/4 a carton orange juice
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of lime juice
- 3/4 teaspoon of salt (Used to aid recovery for heavy or long workouts)
- Water
Recipe Two
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon lite salt
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- Water
Recipe Three
- 1 cup of Orange Juice
- 1 cup of Water
- A pinch of Salt.
The first step will be getting the ingredients, once made, each drink will be consumed in full after the exercise.
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