hydrating beverage

[moubee]

Howdy my name is Moubee I life in the remotes of New Mexico (Magdalena) and spend alot of time eating rations in the desert while looking for minerals. One issue I always have is hydration. What is ya'll take on the best good commercial non thirst proving ration and best beverage mix?

And do any of these things have a cup worth a darn?

Thank ya,

-M


PS if anyone has MRE Brownies from 2000 era boy I sure could use one I have fond memories.

[carlosflar]

Well... I guess a good option would be trying isostar powder or any sports drink powder/tablets, those are commercially available
Maybe tweak a bit the concentration, making it lighter will surely make it less thirst provoking if it was in the beginning

[ViperGTS]

Might be BS, but i have heard that gatorade and alike are designed to cause some level of thirst, so you drink more of it. Electrolyte is basically a fancy word for salt isnt it?

[housil]

Might be BS, but i have heard that gatorade and alike are designed to cause some level of thirst, so you drink more of it. Electrolyte is basically a fancy word for salt isnt it?

Gatorade is isotonic, so it holds 0,9% of "salt" what is the same as your body. "Salt" (NaCl) is an electrolyte, but so are e.g. sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, phosphate.

Isotonic liquids do not cause thirst, hypertonic do.

[moubee]

Thank you for the response. I'll give a Gatorade powder a go. Last time I took a gallon of Dr Pepper, me thinking its just salt and sugar right? I don't know if it was the caffeine or the sun but I ended up needing the lady to IV me. And the portability accessibility was a mess.