[pct-l] Electrolytes

[Melanie Clarke]

Marketing gimmicks are just trying to separate you from your money.  You
just don't need all these fancy expensive potions and snake oils to be
healthy.  *Let's break down the word, "Electrolytes"* so it's not something
magical or confusing.  I only eat plant based foods.  All you need is cheap
nutritious foods!

1. *Sodium:*  The main electrolyte the body uses is sodium and hiker food
is full of this, salty nuts, pretzels, chips, corn nuts etc.  Dried food
that packs well and doesn't spoil, usually has too much salt.
2. *Chloride:*  Seaweed is high in chloride, packs well and tastes good in
a lot of hiker dishes.  I don't have a lot of time so google chloride
sources in food and come up with some other cheap food items.
3. *Potassium:*  Raisins, prunes, dried fruits, beans (freeze dried), Kale,
bananas dried, or when you pull into a town.  Most of us have plenty of
this in our backpacking food.  I spray a cookie baking sheet with pam and
lay some kale leaves (cut out stems) and bake.  They bake and dry up fast,
easy and crumbles.  I put it in my dinner items.
4.  *Calcium: * My dried Kale and other dark leafy greens; Soy nuts also
pack well and are full of protein and salt.  Because I am a thyroid
patient, I take along Ca+ supplements but most people should be able to get
it in the foods they eat, even if you don't drink milk.
5.  *Magnesium:*  Nuts, beans (freeze dried) peanut butter and leafy
greens.  At least the first 3 are ubiquitous in hiker food.

Forget all that marketing crap about needing a fancy expensive product!!!

Toga


On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:38 PM, shelly skye <shelbel26 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am wondering if anyone knows of a good source of electrolytes that isn't
> full of sugar or sugar substitutes, and won't break the bank. I've used
> Emergen-C in the past but I don't know if there are others out there.
> Thanks.
> Shelly
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