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[–] fkn 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Technically didn't that already make you a vampire... Just one that lives in a society where you pay money to a good of people to find and boil those pancreas for you?

[–] fkn 4 points 2 years ago

The only way a small number of people survive alone is by having money and a large group of people to buy things from and have those things brought to them by the large group... Oh wait... That's not alone... Right right. My bad.

[–] fkn 5 points 2 years ago

Sadly only the compiler will know the true value of my constexpr forLove;

[–] fkn 5 points 2 years ago

If you read my other reply and nolijil's follow up you can add potassium and magnesium to chicken broth without affecting the flavor at all and it will be nearly a complete electrolyte source. If you can take a couple of Tums a day for calcium as well you will have all of the primary electrolytes covered.

[–] fkn 4 points 2 years ago

Most commercial electrolyte mixes don't supplement magnesium.

I did mention it... But it was in the middle of the wall of text.

I appreciate your better breakdown of the artificial sweeteners.

[–] fkn 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All three of those are literally salted sugar water... What do you mean not just salted water?

[–] fkn 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yup. If chicken stock or beef stock is palatable to you it is an excellent electrolyte source.

[–] fkn 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I am going to second making your own. Most electrolyte solutions are only sodium chloride, potassium chloride and sugar.

Morton's makes a thing that is literally this without the sugar. It's called "lite salt". https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/morton-lite-salt-mixture-nutritional-facts/

Any "lite salt" should do the trick. You will also need a multivitamin/multimineral as well but if you are just looking for an "electrolyte" replacement drink... It's just lite salt, water and sugar. If you want to get fancy you can add magnesium and calcium.

Is it salty? Yes. It's salt. Electrolytes are salts.

How do I make it not salty? Add sugar.

Why are the things like propel bitter? Fake sugar + salt tastes bitter to some people. Most Gatorade/propel blends also need to be low cal so they use fake sugars. Gatorade originally had like 60grams of sugar in a bottle. That doesn't sell well anymore. You, however can go nuts and use as much sugar as you like.

Is there electrolytes that don't taste salty? No. They are salt.

What other options do I have? Pills. But if you aren't eating you might not absorb them well.

Edit: after reading some other posts I am going to add the following.

Gatorade is potassium and sodium salt + sugars, artificial sweetener and flavors. You can check the nutritional facts. It only provides sodium and potassium... No calcium or magnesium. Gatorade is literally "lite salt" plus sugar, flavorings, artificial sugar and water.

Monk fruit, stevia and the like all have bitter aftertastes.

Personally my favorite artificial sweetener is erythritol. Incidentally it is the only artificial sweetener that doesn't cause an insulin response. Monster zero energy drinks are sweetened with it for a flavor profile.

[–] fkn 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It was the only financially stable globally connected economy after WW2 in its region...

[–] fkn 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel like this is largely incorrect. You may not understand consciousness, but to calm that science hasn't touched it whereas eastern religions have is wildly inaccurate. Both Western and Eastern philosophers have considered consciousness at great length. Science has excellent maps and models of the human brain and we have had passable functional theories of mind for several decades. Is it complete? No, but science is rarely complete. Is it the forefront of a lot of research? Absolutely.

[–] fkn 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hah. Fair. But have you seen the rest of the comments? There are a lot of sweaty serious people here.

[–] fkn 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is this sarcasm or are you serious?

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