I know that Isotonic drinks contain similar concentrations of salt and sugar as in the human body, which makes the drink feel refreshing. Osmosis and so on. Isotonic drinks are not limited to what is branded as sport drinks - a mix of juice and sparkling water can also be isotonic.

Thus I was wondering, if there could be solid isotonic foods. It should be possible for a type of food to contain similar concentrations of salt and sugar as in the human body right? Does that exist? If so, does it feel as refreshing to eat as it feels to drink isotonic drink? If it doesn’t, why not?

Inb4: frozen isotonic drinks are not the answer I am looking for.

  • Ropianos@feddit.de
    6·
    1 year ago

    Not really as isotonic drinks are about having the same proportions of water and electrolytes as your blood.

    Imagine completely evaporating a isotonic drink. Now you’ve got a pulver left. Obviously, this isn’t going to be refreshing (unless you mix it with water again)

    • incogtino
      5·
      1 year ago

      So if you dehydrate an isotonic drink, it would by definition no longer be isotonic

      • laurelinae@lemmy.worldOP
        4·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t think about this, but it makes perfect sense. Somebody else also posted that solid food by definition would require too many carbs and amino acids so that the relation to water and electrolytes can by definition not be isotonic to the human body.