RunningAHEAD - Topic: Lemonade/Citrus sports drink?

AA717driver

posted: 4/25/2009 at 8:14 PM

I love Gatorade Lemonade. Of course, now I can't get it in my area. Any other suggestions? I can get Accelerade Grapefruit/Citrus but I don't like it as much. Thanks in advance! Tim C.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/25/2009 at 8:19 PM

You could try making your own with unsweetened Kool-Aid. The recipe below is for a homemade Gatorade Endurance knock-off, but if you can figure out how to reduce the sodium and potassium to regular Gatorade levels (I think this would be maybe a quarter as much...?) you'd be good to go. Faux Endurance Sportsdrink 1/2 C. + 4 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. Morton Lite Salt 1/2 tsp. table salt 1 pkg. unsweetened "Kool-aid" mix (any flavor you like) Mix with 2 Q. water to make 64 oz. Each 8 oz serving has 56 Calories, 14 grams carbohydrate, 220 mg sodium and 85 mg potassium. Gatorade Endurance Formula (8 oz) has 50 Calories, 14 grams carbohydrate, 200 mg sodium, and 90 mg potassium. ~~~~~ A single serving is ~1TB prepared mix per 8oz. water. I've used it a couple of times and it's awesome.

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AA717driver

posted: 4/26/2009 at 1:49 PM

Thanks, Zoom! I'll head to my laboratory and see what I can come up with. Tim C.

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Julia1971

posted: 4/27/2009 at 6:49 PM

Vitamin water makes a lemonade sports drink. I'll sometimes buy that if the store has ran out of the Gatorade Lemonade.

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posted: 4/28/2009 at 8:33 AM

Do a quick Google. You can buy powdered Gatorade online at several places. There were several flavors available, but I didn't go through the whole bunch to see if lemonade was there, but if you can get powdered Fierce Grape, I imagine lemonade is available as well. This is probably the best way to go anyway. When you buy it already made, you're getting hosed for mostly water. (pun intended)

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AA717driver

posted: 4/30/2009 at 10:24 AM

I found a site that sells stuff by the case. I got a case of Lemonade GA at BuyTheCase.net. 12 of the liter bottles for $36 bucks. Couldn't find the powdered GA in Lemonade but I'll try zoom's suggestion, too. Thanks! Tim C.

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willamona

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posted: 4/30/2009 at 4:09 PM

Dude, try the recipe. Lemonade flavored koolaid- 20 cents a pack at walmart (cheaper if you are not attached to name brands) containers of salt, under 2 bucks each 5 lbs bag of sugar-also dirt cheap. Seriously, with not even $10 you can make more that what you just bought online.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/30/2009 at 4:31 PM

Quote from willamona on 4/30/2009 at 4:09 PM:

Dude, try the recipe. Lemonade flavored koolaid- 20 cents a pack at walmart (cheaper if you are not attached to name brands) containers of salt, under 2 bucks each 5 lbs bag of sugar-also dirt cheap. Seriously, with not even $10 you can make more that what you just bought online.

Yep, and as someone else pointed out, if you want to cut calories you can cut the sugar partly or sub with Splenda or whatever. Get the electrolytes, but not the calories...and for cheaper than any pre-packaged/pre-bottled stuff. Plus you don't have all that packaging waste.

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WI Runner

posted: 4/30/2009 at 5:04 PM

I tried this except with fruit punch, only added 2 cups sugar, but a little more salt to the 64 oz, and it ended up tasting way salty. I had to dilute it up to about 80 oz to be drinkable, and by then you could hardly taste the sugar. I guess it would be good if I hadn't messed with it though.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/30/2009 at 5:09 PM

Quote from WI Runner on 4/30/2009 at 5:04 PM:

I tried this except with fruit punch, only added 2 cups sugar, but a little more salt to the 64 oz, and it ended up tasting way salty. I had to dilute it up to about 80 oz to be drinkable, and by then you could hardly taste the sugar. I guess it would be good if I hadn't messed with it though.

Yeah, it really doesn't take much salt. And that recipe above is for a knock-off version of Gatorade Endurance, which is something like 3-4x more salty than regular Gatorade.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

AA717driver

posted: 5/3/2009 at 5:09 PM

I'm going to try the lemonade recipe. I already got the ingredients but I wanted to jump on the case of GA just in case. I'll give you my side-by side results when I get everything made up. TC

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