Food and Drinks
These foods and drinks are recommended by me or our podcast guests! The "Shop" button takes you directly to their website to purchase. None of these products are sponsored, they are just our favourites from personal experiences.
Electrolyte and salts
LMNT
LMNT offers salt packets that get mixed with water with many flavours to choose from! Each packet has 1000 mg of sodium, 200 mg of potassium, and 60 mg of magnesium. My favourite flavour is citrus salt!
Biolyte
Biolyte is a drink already in a bottle and has 7000 mg of sodium and 5 vitamins. Flavours include berry, citrus, melon, tropical, and punch
Buoy
Bouy offers a discount (35% off) for people with chronic illnesses and they donate money towards a nonprofit supporting chronic illnesses for every one sold. Just squeeze into your drink with dietician's recommended use of 4-7 shot squeezes daily for 560mg-980mg of electrolytes + 87 trace minerals
Vitassium
Vitassium offers salt capsules specifically formulated for people living with POTS, dysautonomia and chronic illnesses. Each capsule has 250 mg of sodium with the recommended serving size being 1-2 capsules 3-4 times a day with a maximum of 10 capsules a day.
Liquid IV
Liquid IV offers salt packets with 570 mg per packet plus 5 essential vitamins. Flavours include passion fruit, lemon lime, and strawberry.
Pedialyte
Pedialyte offers a liquid, freezer pop, or powder stick methods to consume. In the 1 liter liquid bottle, it contains 1380 mg of sodium, 780 mg of potassium, and 1770 mg of chloride with a recommended servicing size of 200-400 mL at a time.
Protein Drinks
Premier Protein
Premier protein offers 30g of protein in each bottles. Flavours include café latte, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, strawberry and cream, and banana and cream. I used to love mixing a caramel protein drink with a coffee which tasted like a caramel macchiato
Core Power
Made by Fairlife, Core Power offers 26g of protein in each drink. It is made with lactose free, partly skimmed milk. It offers flavours such as chocolate, vanilla, banana, strawberry, and elite chocolate that contains 42g of protein.
Simple Protein
Simple Protein is a protein drink that has 20g of protein per drink with only 200 calories and 4g of sugar. It is also dairy free made from pea protein. Simple Protein also offers bars and bites in addition to the drinks.
Other
Ginger Turmeric
Ginger turmeric activated by black peper improves gut health and aids in digestion. Ginger helps widen blood vessels, while turmeric supports cardiovascular health by potentially reducing cholesterol levels. A morning ginger turmeric drink might help enhance blood flow and overall heart health.
Mint Tea
Mint tea is my favourite tea and my go to drink when I am feeling stressed or having stomach pains. Peppermint tea is caffeine free and known to improve digestion, boosting focus, and relieving migraine.
Made Good
Made Good is my favourite snack to grab when I am going out the door. With a variety of options and flavours, granola and breakfast bars and made good. They are allergy friendly with 6 veggies inside every bite.