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Old Sun, Jan-20-13, 02:20
jludders jludders is offline
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Any ideas for a suitable water bottle drink for a long bike ride?
As opposed to bought electrolyte replacement powders etc.
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Old Mon, Jan-21-13, 22:04
MarkMoxom MarkMoxom is offline
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Hi jludders,

Yep, those shop-bought electrolytic replacement drinks are quite expensive, aren't they? I always question whether they actually do anything significant that you can't do with something as simple as a few drops of lemon juice in water and a sprinkle of salt on your tongue.

When you think about what we lose when we're exercising, it really is down to basically, liquid and salt. Now providing those two are being replaced, you should be fine.

Hope that helps,

Mark
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Old Tue, Jan-22-13, 07:48
jludders jludders is offline
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Sounds like a good alternative what sort of ratio's would you recommend and could you use a potassium salt for the mixture?
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Old Wed, Jan-23-13, 21:27
MarkMoxom MarkMoxom is offline
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Hi jludders!

As we're on a low carb forum, I am of course assuming that you're getting your daily potassium intake from good green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach and so on. Just three good servings of those will give you around about 2,500 to 3,000 mg of potassium each day. Obviously it is important that you maintain a slightly higher potassium to salt ratio. As for salt I would also recommend that you choose a good natural salt without any chemicals added.

The last thing of course, to bear in mind is the ratio of salt and potassium to liquid that you take. After all you want to make up for what is lost, I would assume rather than just correct the imbalance.

So rather than just pick some figures out of the air, it's probably better that you have a look at some of the more accessible scientific literature. Here's an article that should give you most of the answers that you need and if you want anything further, please do come back to me or follow some of the links that you'll find on this website.

Hope that helps,

Mark
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Old Thu, Jan-24-13, 07:49
jludders jludders is offline
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Lots of useful information thank you, I am not a very serious athlete as yet but am trying to get there. The low carb thing is new to me and because cycling has been my main exercise form before going down the low-carb route I am trying to get the best hydration / snack regime for when I build up to longer training. Before starting my low carb regime I have competed in mountain bike events (5hrs) and were cycling a couple of hours at a time a couple of times a week.
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