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2 cups
Medium
5 min
By Matt Frazier and Stepfanie Romine
Published 2021
We’ve become quite creative in attempts to create sports drinks that someone with a sugar-averse palate can tolerate during exercise. This is a good one for anyone who deals with dry mouth. The salty-sour umeboshi paste, made from pickled, salted Japanese sour plums, stimulates the salivary glands. This version is mild for those new to the ingredient, but you can add more umeboshi paste if you’d like (in that case, keep an eye on the sodium content to make sure it meets your needs for your