Summer Hydration - replenish your electrolytes

Electrolyte Drink 

Here is a updated version of the old fashioned summer lemon aid. Well think about it, why the word "aid" in lemon aid. Because this drink came to the aid of the sweaty non air conditioned homes in the heat of the summer. Lemons and all citrus are full of electrolytes. Coconut water and salt are too. 

You can carry this wonderful drink in a thermos or a water bottle to sport events or out for your daily run. If you have a family member who works out side in the heat. Slip this in their lunch. They will come home smiling.

Ingredients

1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon or orange juice
1 ½ to 2 cups coconut water (coconut water with no sugar added)
1/8 teaspoon of sea salt
2 tablespoons unpasteurized honey or stevia, to taste

Directions

Add the honey to the coconut water and mix well. Put the fresh squeezed citrus into a pitcher add the balance of the ingredients and stir well.

Option to add ice for a delicious and replenishing summer drink.  Serve on a hot summer day to friends or family. This also is a power packed sport drink for the summer athletes to replenish electrolytes.

What are electrolytes, and why do we need them?

Why do they matter? There are tons of electrolytes out there, but in our bodies they are basically calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium chloride, hydrogen phosphate (a mineral) and hydrogen carbonate (a salt.) These electrolytes are vital for survival. They regulate our nerve and muscle function, our hydration, the pH of our blood, rebuilding damaged tissue, and determining blood pressure. One example of their job would be in order for a muscle to contract it needs the electrolytes calcium, sodium, and potassium. Too little and muscles become weak, too much and they over contract.

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