Good natural drinks for electrolytes?

mkflower3000 · May 2012

Hi ladies,

I'm about 5 weeks away from my EDD now, and excited to be giving birth at a BC! Our MWs are letting us bring food and supplies early on and keep them stashed there so that we wouldn't have to worry about any of that when I'm ready to go in in June.

My question is - can anyone recommend a good natural drink that has a lot of electrolytes, but isn't Vita Coconut water? Unfortunately I just can't handle the taste - neither the plain stuff, nor the flavored ones. I really would prefer something that isn't Gatorade/Powerade, and I am willing to try different brands of coconut water too. Is there anything out there that isn't as strong as the Vita stuff, for example?

TIA!

pinksweetpea2 · May 2012

Recharge- a more natural version of Gatorade.

I think coconut water tastes like sweat. :b

dmhrn13 · May 2012

try flavored coconut water, mango is my favorite. regular can be nasty but the amount of electrolytes is way better than gatorade.

InfinityDreamer · May 2012

I recently tried One brand coconut water. When chilled I thought it was actually not too bad.

Electrolytes generally amounts to salts and sugars, so I imagine you could mix up your own pretty easily.

mkflower3000 · May 2012

pinksweetpea2:
Recharge- a more natural version of Gatorade.
I think coconut water tastes like sweat. :b

That sounds good! Where can you usually find it? And yeah, that's basically what coconut water tastes like to me too - even the flavored stuff! It's a shame too, because I do like coconut otherwise.

unstuck6jb · May 2012

Have you tried the Zico brand Passion Fruit flavor? I think all of the other flavored ones are pretty unfortunate, but that one is actually good to me. You might see if you can find a single at a whole foods or other market like that just to be sure! I wonder if that doesn't work you could try some kind of Odwalla drink or Bolthouse farms? Not sure what would be high in electrolytes, but it might be worth a look! GL, hope you find something you like!

pinksweetpea2 · May 2012

mkflower3000:
pinksweetpea2:
Recharge- a more natural version of Gatorade.
I think coconut water tastes like sweat. :b
That sounds good! Where can you usually find it? And yeah, that's basically what coconut water tastes like to me too - even the flavored stuff! It's a shame too, because I do like coconut otherwise.

I got mine at Whole Foods.

AnaKat405 · May 2012

One is my favorite brand of coconut water.

I plan on making several "laborade" recipe blends to have on hand during labor. A Google search will bring up plenty and maybe you'll find a few that sound good to you!

mkflower3000 · May 2012

Thanks ladies! Sounds like I have a few options, so I'll see what I can find around here!

julyjennifer · May 2012

I made a mix of coconut water & orange juice when I was in labor. Don't remember the brand though. Maybe the OJ would mask the coconut taste for you?

There other kinds of "labor-ade" recipes online that I found, but they were more complicated to me.

alitria · May 2012

I love Ultima Replenisher and I like that I can throw a box of packets in my bag and mix it with cold bottled water as needed so I don't have to worry about how much to make. I used it after surgery a few years ago and got hooked on it when I need an electrolyte drink. I like the lemonade/orange flavors but they also make a grape and a red raspberry that are tasty enough, I just tend to prefer citrus flavors.

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