The recipe I provided has saved many many children in third world countries who are not able to get gatorade or pedialyte. I believe you will find sugar in most of those products besides dyes.
It is strictly up to you...I was just trying to provide you with an alternative to the pricey stuff or if you could not get it but if you have the money...go for it. Pedialyte: Each bottle contains: water, dextrose, potassium citrate, sodium chloride and sodium citrate. Nonmedicinal ingredients: FD&C Blue #1 and Red #40 (grape flavor) and FD&C Red #40 (bubblegum flavor). Bottles of 1 000 mL (unflavored, fruit and bubble-gum flavored). Cases of 8. Do not freeze. For hospital use: glass bottles of 240 mL (unflavored), cases of 24. Protect from heat. After opening, store Pedialyte under refrigeration and use within 48 hours. Homeade recipe for pedialyte... 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp potassium salt 3 tsp sugar mix in 1 liter of water Best regards... Sandy Live and let live... --- On Wed, 7/22/09, Dorothy Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dorothy Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CS>Paedialyte...make your own at home To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 12:33 PM Isn't that rather a lot of sugar though? Also isn't there potassium in Pedialyte? Thank you for your reply. dee On 22 Jul 2009, at 17:14, Sandy Hollis wrote: here is a recipe for Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT] it works very well for adults, children and animals. I prefer this to Gatorade or Pedialyte because I can make it myself and I know exactly what is in it. The "simple solution" Home made ORS recipe Preparing a 1 (one) litre oral rehydration solution [ORS] using Salt, Sugar and Water at Home Mix an oral rehydration solution using one of the following recipes; depending on ingredients and container availability: Ingredients: one level teaspoon of salt eight level teaspoons of sugar one litre of clean drinking or boiled water and then cooled 5 cupfuls (each cup about 200 ml.)Preparation Method: Stir the mixture till the salt and sugar dissolve. Best regards... Sandy
