Sparkling H2O

(Ivy) #1

Is there any sparkling water that has electrolytes in it for keto?

Do any of you mix electrlytes in it? How?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

All these questions, my goodness. Here are a couple of suggestions: first, do a forum search to see if you can turn up any related posts. Second, do a general Internet search on the same topic, if nothing turns up in the forums.

To answer your first question, there are probably several brands of carbonated water that contain electrolytes, whether because they are spring waters with minerals naturally present, or because they are purposely formulated with carbonation and electrolytes. An Internet search will turn them up, I am sure. There is also a preparation we call Keto-ade, and you will find the recipe for it on this site, if you search for it. If you have a soda syphon you could certainly carbonate it.

But read the nutrition labels of commercial drinks carefully. Gatorade, for example, was originally formulated as an electrolyte replacement drink for the Florida Gators, but after it was bought by Coca-Cola, they added sugar, because the original formula was too bitter for a commercial soft drink. So it is now just as sugar-laden as any other soda pop.

#3

I don’t know of any sparkling water brands with electrolytes already in the mix, but there may be some. I do add a 1/4 teaspoon of Keto Chow electrolyte mix in my morning tea.

(Sherry) #4

Keto Chow electrolyte drops. Yes! :slight_smile: I use those too. Cheap as well. Got them on Amazon. If I am allowed to say that name on here?

#5

Create an electrolyte solution at home. Get pink salt crystal rock size. Put them in a jar and cover in good water. The water becomes mineral salt saturated. Use a teaspoon to add a small amount of the salt solution to your carbonated water.

After hot yoga, it was sweaty, we used to drink mineral salt water with a squeeze of lemon. The lemon squeeze provided citric acid to help balance the body’s need for bicarbonate to help strengthen the body’s connective tissue.

(Ivy) #6

amounts of whatevers in the pink salt, helpful.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #7
#8

Thanks for the article @amwassil. Best not to get a product full of lead.

There are nuances to electrolyte balances in the body to consider. Primarily, on a low insulin diet, the retention of sodium and the likelihood of naturesis with consequential loss of other minerals.

The mineral rich salt in water is only part of regaining electrolyte homeostasis and proper hydration. Salts and minerals will be delivered with foods as well.

The author may be a bit scientifically disingenuous with their supposition in the extract about meeting daily mineral requirements through added pink salt alone.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

We do know that keeping salt regulated helps regulate potassium, magnesium, and calcium.

I don’t know whether the mechanisms regulating any other minerals would also be linked in such a way, but I imagine not, since these are the body’s electrolytes, and other minerals fulfill other purposes.

The “natriuresis of fasting” is a well-known phenomenon, and it applies to keto as well as to fasting. Both low insulin and low glucose allow the kidneys to return to the body’s normal, faster rate of sodium excretion. But I have read carnivore speculation to the effect that, in time, the kidneys get better at scavenging salt and returning it to the body, as they do with ketones after fat-adaptation. I don’t know if this is actually true, but it would help explain why people who’ve been eating carnivore for any length of time generally don’t feel a need to salt their food any longer.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #10


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(Allie) #11

I just add a pinch of celtic grey salt, or pink himalayan, to a pint of water with a squirt of lemon juice.