Holley Samuel MEd, RD, CSSD, CPT

Happy Fueling Fact Friday! We’re making the easiest DIY sports drink today. Here’s the recipe: Makes 32oz: 💧 3 cups water 🍋 1 cup lemonade (with sugar over HFCS preferably to get the glucose to fructose content on par for toleration purposes) 🧂 1/2 tsp salt 🍭 3 tsp sugar (could sub for honey or maple syrup) 🏃‍♀️ Optional add ins: squeeze orange for potassium, other splashes of juice for flavoring, extra salt if you’re an extra salty sweater . . Nutrition content: per 16 fl oz- 19g carbs, 575mg sodium . . Components of a proper oral rehydration solution (aka, sports drink that hydrates us properly while we sweat)? 👉carbs, sodium, water. . . 💰 Not to mention how cheap this is if you’re on a budget but still gotta fuel 💪 . . Tadaaaa! . . . #oralrehydrationsolution #sportsnutrition #sportsdrink #hydrate #hydrateordiedrate #longrunfuel #fuelyourbody #marathontraining #halfmarathontraining #fuelup #runnerfood #diysportsdrink #fuelingfactfriday