Chia Fresca (Sports Drink)

Serves 1

16 ounces coconut water (fresh or store bought)
2 tablespoons chia seeds
2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime or lemon juice
2 tablespoons maple syrup

In a tall glass, combine above ingredients and continue to stir the mixture as you drink.

This is a traditional South American beverage. I cleaned the recipe up by adding coconut water for additional electrolytes, and exchanged the sugar for maple syrup a natural source of energy,  lemon and lime are alkalizing; which is important for decreasing your recovery time.  Chia seeds are a complete protein, also very high in dietary fiber, and a wonderful source of essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are an anti-inflammatory which help decrease recovery time after a workout. This is an excellent replacement for high sugar sports drinks; which most often are filled with unnatural ingredients our bodies don’t recognize as a whole food. My fitness friends and I are hooked on Chia Fresca! The chia seeds look thick and hard to swallow, but they are slippery and flavorless and slide right down. Slurp!

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• Endurance Food September 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm

  [...] long workouts.  For fitness recovery, adding sugar or a low amount of sodium might help.  One recipe I found used coconut water to increase electrolytes as well.   I like things sweet so I used [...]

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