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Homemade Electrolyte Powder (Easy Natural DIY Sports Drink recipe)

In the first main recipe below, you'll find Homemade Electrolyte Powder for 1 single-serving water bottle (24 ounces). In the Notes section below it, you'll find the Bulk Recipe, with directions for how to measure it into your water bottle. The bulk recipe is great to mix up ahead of time, put in a jar and have ready when you're running out the door. One scoop into your water bottle, optional sweetener, and you're all set to go! Choose which works best for you.
Course Beverage, Drinks, hydration, Snack, water
Cuisine American
Keyword DIY, drink, electrolyte, powder
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 serving
Calories 3kcal
Author Megan
Cost .25

Equipment

  • measuring spoons
  • water bottle , 24-ounce is ideal
  • pint jar with lid , optional -- for storage of Bulk recipe

Ingredients

  • 24 ounces water
  • scant ½ teaspoon salt (sodium chloride) ; Re specific brands of salt: Use 1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon if you use the best recommended no heavy metals salt (Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt here) for 840 mg sodium; (With the scant 1/2 tsp, you get 1000mg of sodium with Jacobsen Oregon sea salt; or if you use white sea salt, for 930mg sodium, measure ¼ + ⅛ teaspoon. Read more about these brands and sodium contents below the recipe.)
  • ¼ teaspoon potassium chloride <-- This brand (2 scoops), which I find to be the best overall and in flavor. (730mg of potassium)
  • ⅛ teaspoon magnesium chloride <-- This one. (60mg of magnesium) This amount is also a dash.
  • 1 to 2 Tablespoons optional maple syrup to preference; Or, for Keto: stevia or preferred low carb sweetener, to taste, such as allulose (For GAPS, it's okay to use honey, or omit sweetener.)
  • 1 to 2 Tablespoons optional apple cider vinegar OR lemon juice, amount to preference

Instructions

SINGLE SERVING RECIPE

  • Fill 24-ounce water bottle with water, leaving a little head room for additional ingredients. Add salt, potassium and magnesium. Optionally, add apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and sweetener of choice.
  • Screw on lid. Shake to combine the ingredients and dissolve the powders. Done! Enjoy!
    jar of electrolyte drink

BULK RECIPE -- Pre-mixed powder in a jar, one scoop only! each time you make up your water bottle (¾ + ⅛ teaspoons [or just under 1 teaspoon])

  • See Notes section below.

Notes

Sodium amounts by brand of saltdiamond crystal kosher salt box

Sodium amounts vary a lot depending on the brand of salt you buy. I recommend Diamond Crystal Salt because it's the lowest in all heavy metals, including lead. And it's cheap, flavorful, plus you can buy it in bulk. This is a new update to the article that I'm excited about for all of us. (Find Diamond Crystal Salt here.)
Below, see the sodium variations of three salt choices. Each dose of sodium is for the 1/2 teaspoon used in this recipe:
  1. Diamond Crystal — 560mg (To get 840mg, measure 1/2 + 1/4 tsp of this brand.)
  2. Jacobsen Salt (the one sourced in Oregon) — 780mg sodium (This is another healthy salt, but it's not as low in other heavy metals, and it's a lot more expensive.)
  3. Morton's table salt — 1180mg sodium (To get 885mg, measure ¼ + ⅛ teaspoon.) I avoid iodized.
Conclusion: If you make this recipe with Diamond Crystal, use more salt, unless you want the lower dose of sodium because you won't be sweating as much. If you choose a table salt, you can use slightly less than the scant 1/2 teaspoon designated.

Homemade Electrolyte Powder BULK RECIPE --

Pre-mixed powder in a jar, one scoop only! each time you make up your water bottle ...
This bulk recipe of Homemade Electrolyte Powder makes 20 servings.

Ingredients

See product links in the main recipe above. Recipe may be doubled or tripled etc.
  • 3 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon salt (sodium chloride)
  • 1 Tablespoon + 2 teaspoons potassium chloride
  • 2-½ teaspoons magnesium chloride

Instructions

  1. Choose a 1 or 2-cup (pint) jar with lid.
  2. Add minerals listed above. Stir to mix well.
  3. Screw on lid, and store so it's ready to use each time you need it.
If you want to add apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and optional sweetener, this will be done per bottle, each time you add your minerals to your water bottle. To each bottle, just add:
  • 1-2 Tablespoons maple syrup, or for Keto, stevia or low carb sweetener of choice, to taste
  • 1-2 Tablespoon ACV or lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Fill 24-0unce water bottle with water, leaving a small amount of head room.
  2. Add ¾ + ⅛ teaspoons (or just under 1 teaspoon) DIY Electrolyte BULK powder (it might be a good idea to re-stir or mix the powders occasionally to make sure they're evenly mixed) + optional sweetener and ACV/lemon juice.
  3. Screw on lid. Shake to mix and dissolve the powders. Done! Enjoy!

The following nutritional data is for the Keto version of this recipe, so does not display the sugars or carbs in the maple syrup version of the recipe.

For the maple syrup version of this recipe, each 24-ounce serving of DIY Electrolyte drink has 11.9g of sugar and 13.4 carbs.

Nutrition

Calories: 3kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.1g | Sodium: 951mg | Potassium: 741mg | Sugar: 0.1g | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.03mg