Homemade Gatorade is a fun DIY project that will convert you for life! Once you’ve tried the fresh juice option of this sports drink you will never turn back to the fake grocery store version.

So, we’re all familiar with those brand name sports drinks that line the shelves at the grocery store. Bright colours with promises of vitamins and health.

Of course, if you read the fine print you will see that there is a ridiculous amount of sugar in this so-called ‘healthy’ beverage. In fact, in an 8 ounce serving, Gatorade has 14 grams of sugar.

Keep in mind that not all sugars are created equal. The sugar in Gatorade is combined with a cocktail of high fructose corn syrup, artificial colours, glucose, and fructose.

Yikes! I think we can do much better, don’t you?

HOMEMADE GATORADE

Typically I avoid these drinks anyway and have never been much of a soda pop drinker. However, I wanted to provide people with a healthier DIY version for two reasons.

Firstly, like many of you I’m sure, I have a man in the house who is a big fan of the sugary drinks. I have been able to steer him towards stevia sweetened fizzy drinks so this homemade version of Gatorade just gives him a bit more variety to choose from.

Secondly, electrolyte drinks have more of a purpose than just for flavour. If you are a heavy exerciser or, if heaven forbid you become afflicted by some horrible flu, then you will need to rehydrate with something other than water.

I learned this the hard way when a couple of years ago I contracted the dreaded Norovirus. Not to get too graphic, but lets just say my body was completely purged … My thinking was to just keep drinking water as I knew this flu was really dehydrating. BIG mistake! I couldn’t keep the water down and made life much harder for myself.

This is where the sodium in the sports drinks comes into play. Just a tad of salt helps your body retain the fluid you are taking in when you drink. This also works for people who exercise heavily to replace electrolytes lost through sweating.

Anyways … enough of the yadda yadda yadda. The bottom line is that these are an easy to make, healthier alternative to the store bought sports drinks.

My smarty pants idea was to buy a case of the 500 ml. mason jars.

My brilliant plan was to make up these drinks and store them in the fridge, so when the need strikes, any member of the family can grab one, give it good shake and BOOM!

Electrolytes replenished. 🙂

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The jars worked like a charm. I filled them 3/4 of the way to give room for shaking and then adding ice if you like rocks. 🙂

I was partial to the lemon-lime flavour but the orange was good as well.

Let me know if you give these a try!



Maybe warm drinks are more your thing? Check out these delicious recipes:

Chaga Hot Chocolate

Golden Milk Latte

Warm Maple Vanilla Almond Milk

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Originally Posted August 21, 2013. Updated June 21, 2019

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I use mason jars in this recipe.

4.31 from 13 votes Print Homemade Gatorade Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 0 mins Total Time 15 mins Homemade Gatorade is a fun DIY project that will convert you for life! Once you've tried the fresh juice option of this sports drink you will never turn back to the fake grocery store version. Course: Drinks Cuisine: American Keyword: homemade gatorade Servings : 4 Calories : 63 kcal Ingredients For the lemon-lime flavour

1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 cups fresh water

1/8 teaspoon sea salt

2 tablespoons organic cane sugar

For the orange flavour

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

2 cups of fresh water

1/8 teaspoon sea salt

2 tablespoons organic cane sugar Instructions Shake all ingredients together and store in the fridge for up to a week I split this into four 500ml jars. Two of each flavour Nutrition Facts Homemade Gatorade Amount Per Serving (4 g) Calories 63 % Daily Value* Sodium 145mg 6% Potassium 77mg 2% Carbohydrates 16g 5% Sugar 14g 16% Vitamin A 60IU 1% Vitamin C 21.4mg 26% Calcium 3mg 0% Iron 0.1mg 1% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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