How to Make a Homemade Healthy Sports Drink ?

The first healthy sports drink was invented in the year 1958, and there have been various versions of commercially produced healthy sports drink since that time. Louisiana State University was the location of the first ever drink of this kind, they named the creation, Bengal Punch. The most well known, and probably the most popular sports drink followed seven years later, this is when Gatorade was introduced. However, these sports drinks can be expensive if bought on a regular basis. The solution is to make your own sports drinks, homemade sports drinks are easy to make, and can even have more benefits than store bought products.
Here are some homemade receipes for you to try:

- Homemade Sports Drinks -

- Lemon Drink -

* 1 tsp lemon juice *
* 3/4 cup of water *
* 1/4 tsp of salt *
* 4 tsp of sugar *
- Cranberry Drink -
* 1tsp of sal t*
* 3/4 cup of water *
* 1/4 cup of cranburry juice *

- Orange Drink -

* 4tsp of sugar*
* 1/4 tsp of salt *
* 1/4 cup of orange juice *
* 1/4 cup of boiling water *
* 3 and 3/4 cups of cold water *
*You may want to dilute these drinks according to taste.*

These drinks will not be the same as the commercially produced products, but they are designed to give a good carb and energy boost. Carbohydrates in sports drinks make the body able to absorb the drink faster than absorbing water. One of the benefits of this type of drink is that you can rehydrate fast after a work-out, or any type of physical excercise. Some sports drinks have a high sugar content that prevents absorbtion, this is why making your own sports drink has the advantage. You know what you are putting in to your drink, and the exact quantities of the ingredients used.
If the drink has the correct amount of carbohydrates, then they will provide an energy boost as well as being absorbed quickly into your system. Sports drinks also have the added benefit of tasting good, therefore, a person is more likely to drink more, which will prevent dehydration. Studies have been done in the high energy sports industry to test whether sports drinks give more energy to the drinkers, than people who didn't drink the energy drinks. It was proven that the people who drank high energy sports drinks had more energy throughout exercise than those who did not drink a sports drink.
Try making your own homemade sports drinks, it's easy, and less expensive. Making your own drinks means you know what is going into the drink, and if you follow these recipes, you'll know you are drinking healthily, and you'll be feeling good.