Make Your Own Homemade Electrolyte Drink

EASY HOMEMADE ELECTROLYTE  DRINK RECIPE

(You can tailor it too!)

Feeling sluggish, low energy, or tired out. It may be because you need electrolytes!

Electrolytes are essential minerals that carry a positive or negative charge and are found in your blood, sweat, and urine. Electrolytes are composed of dissolved minerals. When essential minerals such as sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, and bicarbonate dissolve in fluid they are called electrolytes. Electrolytes are used in your body's metabolic processes and are crucial to keeping your nervous system and muscles functioning properly and your internal environment balanced. Electrolytes, particularly sodium, help maintain fluid balance through osmosis which is the process by which water moves through your cells. If you are on a low sodium diet, a low carb diet, the keto diet, or you are sick with vomiting or diarrhea, then you may be susceptible to not getting enough sodium and/or having an electrolyte imbalance or deficiency. Also, if you exercise a lot or work physical labor, you will want to replace the sodium you lose through sweating. Having the right balance of electrolytes is crucial in maintaining your blood ph. 

During the summer month it is especially important to be properly hydrated as the hotter temperatures cause the body to lose excess fluids in the form of sweat as your body works to keep you cool. People who exercise outdoors in the heat and people who do physical labor must pay particular attention to their hydration levels. Sometimes it's not enough to just drink plain water, but it's necessary to replace lost electrolytes as well. Unfortunately, many of the electrolyte drinks sold today are loaded with excess sugar and chemicals.  That's why I like to make my own homemade electrolyte drink for myself and my family. It's quick and easy and you can make it in advance so you have it on hand when you need it. Nothing helps you feel better faster on a hot day or after a workout than to replenish your electrolytes with this homemade electrolyte drink.

My recipe is simple. You will need the following:

Glass quart Jar or Container

Juice of One Fresh Lemon

1/4 tsp salt (iodized salt, himalayan salt, or sea salt)

*Fruit juice of your choice (optional and added to sweeten, see Note below)

Directions:  Fill a glass quart container with water. Add 1/4 tsp of salt and the juice of one fresh squeezed lemon (you can add more lemon if you like it more lemony). Stir to mix well and dissolve salt. Enjoy a cup when you need it.

Note: If you would like to add a little sweetness to your electrolyte drink, which I like to do because it gives me a little boost of energy, you can add a splash of cranberry juice or other natural low-in-sugar fruit juice of your choice. You can either add it to your quart of electrolyte drink or you can just add it to your cup as needed. Trader Joes, R.W. Knudsen, Lakewood, are among the brands that sell natural juices without added sugars or chemicals. 

You will be amazed at how good you will feel when you hydrate properly.

-YouTips4U

Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe - Tastes Just Like Pizza!

Making the best cauliflower pizza crust can be so easy with my recipe! I show you step by step in my video below. There are so many recipes on the web and I tried a bunch of them. Some of them were complicated and time consuming, and others left me flat with the taste. Through trial and error I created my own recipe for a hearty and delicious cauliflower crust pizza that won't fall apart, and it tastes like real pizza! I share it with you in this video. The trick is to combine the right ingredients and then be sure to wait about ten minutes after it's done baking before you cut into it and try to pick it up, because just like ordinary grain crust pizza, you must let it settle a bit before you can slice and handle it. I hope you love my recipe as much as my family and I do! It's a real winner in our household. You get the robust zest of tomato and yummy stretchy mozzarella in every bite! Sundays have always been pizza Sundays where I make homemade pizza, but for the last six months, they've been cauliflower pizzas. It's a great way to get more vegetables into your diet, and if you have young children, it's a great way to sneak more vegetables into their diet. It truly is delicious! And if you are trying to lose weight or on a keto diet, this is perfect for you because it's low carb, grain free, and gluten free, and cauliflower has just 25 calories per cup and 3 grams of fiber, so you can eat a lot of it without worry about gaining weight! It's very satisfying and super healthy for you, which I discuss in my video as well. I hope you will give it a try; let me know in the comments below the video. xoLinda -YouTips4U

Will Vitamin E Help Lower My Cholesterol

Experts recommend getting vitamin E from foods rather than supplements since there is no conclusive evidence that supplements lower cholesterol or reduce the risk of heart attack.  Good food sources of vitamin E include vegetable oils, eggs, wheat germ, green leafy vegetables, dried beans, nuts, fish, and meat. If you're taking vitamin E supplements, be aware that the American Heart Association has reported that taking 400 IU or more of Vitamin E can increase the risk of death and should be avoided. It's always best to get your vitamins and nutrition from natural foods.

🌹Please check out my Favorite Products Page on AMAZON where you will find all my favorite products I recommend in one convenient spot: My Amazon Product Page

Why Is Laughter Contagious?

Have you ever wondered why laughter is so contagious? When one person laughs, it usually causes the next person to laugh, and so on and so forth. As the expression goes, "laugh and the whole world laughs with you!" Studies have shown that laughter is a bonding mechanism among people that dates as far back as early human existence, even before there was spoken language. The relationship between the brain and laughter is still not fully understood, but researchers do know that laughter seems to be produced via a circuit that runs through many regions of the brain. Thus, damaging any one of these regions can impair one's sense of humor.  When people hear laughing, the part of the brain known as the premotor cortical region is activated, which is the part of the brain that causes our facial muscles to react to sounds, and we being to smile. As the brains of many people can be stimulated this way at once, it fosters bonding. We are more likely as a species to bond in response to positive sounds rather than negative sounds. In fact, our brain's reaction to negative sounds like screeching is much lower than its reaction to positive sounds like laughter, so there is a much higher likelihood of bonding with another person over positive sounds like laughter. Before we had speech, laughter was a way to show another group or tribe that you meant no harm and wanted to be friends. It was and still is a very important social tool that builds bonds between people. In fact, one of the traits rated to be most attractive by women is a man that makes her laugh. Watch my latest video below to learn more about the power of laughter and how you can use laughter as a therapy to bring about positive changes in your life and health. It's pretty remarkable and it's available to everyone!

-Linda YouTips4U

 

How Laughter Can Help You In Times Of Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Despair

In my latest video below, I offer you a natural remedy that's literally available to human's of all ages, and when implemented, this amazing remedy can cause an instant and profoundly positive effect on all areas of the human body and mind. They say laughter is the best medicine. Well, as it turns out, it truly is. It has been scientifically shown to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, blood pressure, and a whole host of other health-related issues that I discuss in the video. It's a therapy that nearly everyone has access to, and you never have to worry that you are having too much of it. The more you have the better! These are very difficult times that we find ourselves in right now; moral is very low, people are isolated and feel helpless and fearful. This can take a tremendous toll on our mental and physical health and well being, and we need something safe, wholesome, and effective that we can turn to help ourselves feel better. We must make an effort to try to rise above the despair in order to find the strength to make it through this, and laughter therapy can be a wonderful source of help. Watch my video now to learn helpful tips how you can implement more laughter into your life, and please remember to share this video to help others. Together we can help each other. Stay well.

-Linda
YouTips4U