recipe for homemade sports drinks

["Beth Glace" <lb@nismat.org>]

Hi all,
for those of you who want to save money you can make your own 
sports drink.  The following recipe results in a formulation very 
much like Gatorade:

 2/3 cup store brand lemonade mix (2 tablespoons have 110 calories and 26
 gm CHO) 2 1/4 quarts water 1/4-1/2 tsp salt 
  
 This is a 6% CHO solution and 8 ounces provides approximately 65
 calories, 65-130 mg sodium, and 15 grams CHO.
  

If you want more salt, simply increase to 1 tsp per 2 quarts, or 
according to taste.  
Good luck,
Beth Glace, MS
Sports Nutritionist
Lenox Hill Hospital
NY, NY