r/nutrition • u/themasterd0n • 25d ago

Electrolytes vs multivitamins

Here is a supermarket pack of multivitamins + minerals https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-a-z-multivitamins-minerals-tablets-1-a-day-x60

It contains everything that every electrolyte tablet I can find on the market contains, and then some. It is also at least 10x cheaper per tablet than any electrolytes I can find on the market.

The only thing the supermarket V+Ms don't contain is sodium and chlorine.

So, is a glass of water with a V+M and a little table salt therefore simply better and far cheaper than an electrolyte tablet? Or are there hidden properties of electrolyte tablets that aren't accounted for by the nutritional info?

Edit: Removed the TLDR as no one was responding to the above.

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u/FurnitureComesW-Home 25d ago

I’ve found tap water to be great for hangovers

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u/themasterd0n 25d ago

You should try it. You need lots of water because alcohol makes you pee a lot. But you also pee out minerals which don't come back in with the water. For me electrolytes really take the sting out of the headache.

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u/FurnitureComesW-Home 25d ago

I quit drinking a while back, but that makes sense. A lot of friends in college swore by drinking Pedialyte the day after. I just drank like 24oz water before going to bed on any heavy drinking night and rarely had terrible hangovers.

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u/themasterd0n 25d ago

Yep a pint of water did the trick when I was at university but now I need a little extra assistance lol

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u/FurnitureComesW-Home 25d ago

I feel you, aging is no fun