Hi,
I wanted to share my electrolyte powder, especially for low carb RAFers.
The mix wasn't created by me, there's a commercial brand that makes the same thing, but it's very expensive.
This mix has sodium, potassium and magnesium. All salts are chlorides, all of them found in sea water
You'll need:
An scale
Sodium chloride (fine)
Magnesium chloride (I've only found big crystalls)
Potassium chloride (fine)
Mortar and pestle or a device to ground the magnesium salts
Mason jar
It's quite straightforward, weighing and mixing the salts. To make sure salts are properly mixed go in small amounts.
For 1/2 litre (17oz) water, 1/2 tsp from the mix:
2,5 g NaCl %74
0,35 g KCl %10
0,55 g MgCl %16
I make 100g following the percentages because weighing small amounts makes big errors. I repeat 10 times to get 1kg. This way I know everything will be mixed evenly.
You can do this with ANY weight units, it doesn't matter. It's about following proportions.
Everyone in the keto/low carb community agrees that this is the best mix, I feel that it's spot on. Adding lemon, spices, mint, etc. it's impossible to get this ratios.
If anyone is interested, this are the actual proportions of the electrolytes :
Na 1000 mg (%80)
K 200 mg (%15)
Mg 60 mg (%5)
