Whenever you start sweating, that means your body is losing electrolytes … and electrolytes are important. Electrolytes help your body fight muscle cramps, fatigue, nausea, and mental confusion during and after a workout, a long run or any other intensive activity.
According to the American Council of Exercise, electrolytes lost through sweat include sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, and calcium. They all work together to maintain fluid balance in your body at rest and during physical activity.
Now you need an electrolyte replenisher … a healthy Sports Energy Drink to restore the electrolytes in your body.
Unfortunately, the store-bought sports drink typically contain a long list of unhealthy ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup, brominated vegetable oil and artificial colors. It makes a lot of sense to mix up your own, homemade energy drink without the unhealthy ingredients!
Here are 3 of our favorite homemade sport drink recipes to increase stamina and also to help your body recover from intensive exercising.
1. Ginger Electrolyte Energy Drink
Muscle cramping due to electrolyte imbalance is likely associated with the loss of high amounts of sodium through sweat according to the American Council on Exercise. Thankfully, this do-it-yourself sports drink has you covered when it comes to sodium with a half teaspoon of sea salt in the recipe along with ginger root, water, lemons, and stevia.
Continue on to the next page to see the recipe for this special sports drink …