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You can make "Gatorade" out of just about anything.

For "natural", start with a fruit juice you like. You want to dilute it down to about 100 calories in 20 oz. Now mix in "Lite Salt". This is a mixture of Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride. I use 1/4-1/3 tsp per 20 oz. You may need less, depending on how much electrolytes you sweat.

I use regular kool-Aid. (Yes, I am a kool-aid drinker )

I don't like how sweet regular sucrose makes the drink. I use a mixture of dextrose and sucrose. For 64 oz here is my mix:

1 tsp lite salt
1 package of kool-aid
64 oz water
3/4 cup dextrose
1/4 cup sucrose

if you like it sweeter, adjust the ratio to more sucrose. Less sweet, more dextrose.

Dextrose is found at home brew stores or at Amazon.
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