By Heather Stephenson, IdealBite.com
Who knew that we were all at such risk of constant dehydration? Read enough magazines or watch enough commercials, and sooner or later, you'll be convinced that your body is in severe need of hydration, electrolytically imbalanced and far from its peak performance.
Oh puhlease. When I grew up, kids playing sports drank... well, water. And that water? It came from a tap, not a plastic bottle with a label.
But if I bought the idea that electrolytic sports drinks were critical to my health (and trust me, as a girl who occasionally imbibes too much of a different kind of liquid, there is something miraculous about those blue sports drinks as a hangover cure), you can bet I'd be reaching for some coconut water instead. Natural coconut water - the "juice" inside a coconut when you split it open - offers the same electrolytes and potassium as conventional sports drinks, but with fewer calories and none of the artificial additives. I was a complete skeptic until I tried it.
I promise - it's good stuff. Who knows? I might even start running (without anyone chasing me) if it means I'll be in desperate "need" of some hydrating coconut fluids...
-Heather Stephenson, Co-Founder, Ideal Bite
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