How Do You Get Electrolytes?

How Do You Get Electrolytes?

In the "old" days people used to get their electrolytes from cooking down animal bones into soups and broths. Even though it's not a perfectly balanced way of getting electrolytes, electrolytes can be replaced this way.

Even though drinking a bone soup broth may be hard to swallow after a hard workout or during the summertime when soup really isn't on the menu, there are other ways (thanks to science) of getting the perfect balance that's VERY convenient.

Beware of Electrolyte Mixes!

I've seen powdered mixes of so called electrolytes. There are salt tablets, minerals, vitamins. None of these will replace and balance your electrolytes.

The essential minerals for electrolyte replacement drinks are: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Bicarbonate, Phosphorous and Sulfur.

Individually these electrolytes cannot provide CONDUCTIVITY necessary to transmit the electrical pulses that operate the nerves, muscles and heart! Together, in the proper ratio, they regulate the nervous system, muscle function, maintain the body's acid/alkaline balance and regulate the amount of water in body fluids and cells!

That's important stuff!

People have tried everything and will try just about anything. For the athletes reading this, Endurox and other mixes are not electrolyte replacement drinks. They are for recovery after training and while I use such formulas, I've never gotten the results that I've had with the Vitalyte.