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This Recipe saved my life a week ago when I came down with a Bad Norovirus (stomach virus) that's really going around this time of year. I had no Gatorade on hand (my kids drink it as fast as I buy it) and I was severely dehydrated within an hour of this virus hitting me. I was fainting, and every muscle in my body was cramping. I had this recipe (from the W.H.O. taped to the inside of my kitchen cabinet, and my son mixed it up for me.) Within an hour, I wasn't fainting, or having muscle cramps anymore.

You never know when you will become severely ill (too sick to drive to a store) so keeping these ingredients on hand can save a loved one's life. I had saved it because of possible shortages during a pandemic. Everybody needs a copy of this, it can save a person's life. Especially infants and small children who can become dangerously dehydrated quickly:

1 Liter of Water (measure accurately)

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt Substitute (potassium chloride)

2 Tablesoons of sugar.

You can add any sugar-free flavoring that you want, such as sugar free Koolaid or Crystal lite. It's important not to add ANY more sugar than 2 tablespoons (or the diarrhea can get worse).

Mix all of the dry ingredients into the water until they are completely disolved. For bigger kids and adults, serve it cold, or over some ice.
Most of you have these ingredients on hand anyway... they'll go a long way in treating severe vomiting or diarrhea. It's hard to always have Gatorade or Pedialyte on hand all the time. This recipe is used by relief groups to treat people suffering from life threatening diarrhea or vomiting in poor countries. It can be found on the W.H.O. website.

To someone who is not dehydrated, this recipe will taste quite salty, but let me tell you, if you ARE dehydrated, this stuff isn't half bad! lol

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"Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander, would ride through the air on a very fine gander."
1916
"Mother Goose had a house,
'Twas built in a wood,
Where an owl at the door
For sentinel stood."

Is this recipe effective without the salt substitute?

Not sure. Potassium is an important electrolyte, and that's what the salt substitute adds. I followed it as is. I wouldn't advocate altering it.

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"Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander, would ride through the air on a very fine gander."
1916
"Mother Goose had a house,
'Twas built in a wood,
Where an owl at the door
For sentinel stood."

Thanks, littlebird. For those of you who might not even have all those ingredients [I don't]: I keep a box of Electro Mix with my hurricane/ice storm/pandemic supplies. It's about the size of 2 boxes of bandaids and each packet makes 1 liter; 30 packets in a box.
It lasts a couple years on the shelf, but we drink it in the summer to rotate it out.

Thanks. My son ended up needing an IV when he came down with H1N1. He was fine when I put him down for a nap and he woke up screaming and no longer crying tears. It's amazing how quickly little one's can get degydrated.