How to Make Your own Sports Drink in 5 minutes, with Just Two Ingredients

Yes, you can make your own sports drink that will hydrate and energize your body just as well as the top ones on the market. It doesn't require a lot of ingredients either, just two. And when you're done, there will be little to no clean-up. You can prepare an entire gallon of 100 percent natural homemade sports drink in about five minutes. The required ingredients are:

• A gallon of water: I prefer spring water; well water works fine too. You can even use tap water if you wish.
• Raw Honey: It is very important that you use "raw" honey. The best raw honey is solid at room temperature. 

To make your homemade sports drink all you have to do is add about one tablespoon of raw honey to a gallon of water, and shake. The quickest way to do this is to use two gallon jugs; one empty, one full.

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1. Pour half of the full gallon of water into the empty gallon jug.
2. Add one tablespoon of raw honey (use a fork, it will fit into the spout of your gallon jug) to one of the half gallons of water, then shake vigorously.
3. Add the rest of the water and shake.

Go light on the honey so that your sports drink doesn't end-up being be too sweet. Each tablespoon of raw honey contains about 60 calories of carbohydrates. And since raw honey is unprocessed, it won't spike your blood sugar levels like processed sugar does. The idea is to make a sports drink with just a hint of sweetness.

Store your homemade honey water sports drink in your refrigerator because it will ferment if left at room temperature for too long. The hotter the environment the faster it will ferment. I have left my honey water sports drink out overnight with no problems; I have also had batches go bad within the same amount of time.

You can purchase raw honey in liquid form at most major supermarkets, but you will have to go to a health or natural foods store in order to buy it in solid form. The price of raw honey can vary, but you should be able to buy a pound for under ten dollars.