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Sweet Dreams - Rora Blue

2020.

I legitimately need it to even minimally function, as I know is the case for MOST of us POTSies. But I’m lucky if I’m able to spend $30 dollars a week on groceries, and about half of that is going toward Gatorade (sometimes more if I’m extra tachy, sometimes less if Gatorade is on sale). So, basically, I’m spending an average of $15 a week on a diet already restricted from gluten, dairy, meat, and potatoes (I do still eat potatoes, but I’m mildly intolerant, so they can’t come close to being the bulk of my diet). Plus, with other chronic illnesses, I’m not able to put a lot of effort into actually preparing food - meaning I generally have to go for canned beans instead of dried beans - you know, about the ONE place I could actually spread my money a little further.

Making my own is significantly cheaper per serving than buying Gatorade and has approximately the same concentrations of sodium and potassium as Gatorade, with less sugar. The biggest potential cost issue will be getting a food grade potassium source. I wanted to use monopotassium phosphate but couldn’t find it in food grade, so I got food grade dipotassium phosphate instead. Also I make a concentrated solution first then mix that into water, because my wrists can’t handle much shaking to dissolve everything and this way there’s no shaking involved.

Ingredients: 2 ¼ tsp Salt (Iodide-free) 1 tsp Baking Soda ½ tsp Dipotassium Phosphate (probably 1 tsp Monopotassium Phosphate) 1/8 cup Honey, to taste

To make Concentrate solution: In liquid measuring cup, dissolve salt, baking soda, and potassium phosphate with approximately ¼-½ cup boiling water. Stir until almost completely dissolved and bubbles have died down. Add honey, then fill to ¾ cup line with more boiling water. Stir thoroughly. Mixture may contain particulates that do not dissolve. Can store at room temperature at least two weeks. Makes 12 servings of 32 ounce (1 Liter) drinks.

req’d by @fairyblue-alchemist