Sports hydration, my cycling drink mix vindicated!

Loved this episode of Sliced Bread: Do drinks and powders with electrolytes help to hydrate you better? from BBC Radio 4.

Greg Foote speaks to Graeme Close, Professor of Human Physiology and Head of the Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, and after a lengthy discussion on the pro's and con's of various sports drink additives (both composition and delivery methods) he says;

"Of course you can just make your own: 1/3 pulpy real fruit juice (he said pineapple), 2/3 water, and table salt until you can only just taste it."

Have used that for years cycling, either store pulpy pineapple or full (cloudy) apple juice from the local orchard. Never had cramps, never had problems with mouldy bottles (with normal rinse washing) that many using commercial additives seem to battle either.

PS: This episode on protein supplements is also good; in short try and get what you need from food.