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Unflavored Electrolytes: Buy Electrolytes With No Sugar

Dehydration can sneak up on you and affect how you feel and function. While water is important, sometimes you need a bit more. That's where electrolytes come in. But many electrolyte solutions out there are filled with sugar and additives.

Enter Buoy: Our sugar-free hydration drops are designed specifically for those who want effective hydration without the extras.

Dehydration is not just about feeling thirsty. It's a serious concern that can affect every cell and system in your body, leading to a range of health issues. It's essential to listen to your body and recognize these silent signs. Before reaching for a coffee or snack, consider if water and electrolytes might be the answer you're looking for. Stay hydrated, stay aware, and prioritize your health.
Why Shift Away From Sugar
What "Clean" Formulas Look Like
Health Implications Of Sugar
Benefits of Cutting Out Sugar
Our Unflavored Electrolyte Solution
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Why Choose a Sugar-Free Electrolyte Solution?

The Sugarless Shift
If it feels like everyone is talking about sugar-free alternatives, it's because the evidence linking sugar intake to negative health impacts couldn't be more clear.

When it comes to hydration, however, reducing sugar intake is more challenging but the effort to cut sugar out of your electrolytes is worth it.
Why Sugar-Free Hydration Solutions?
When we consume sugar, a plethora of metabolic reactions take place that ultimately undermine the optimal hydration benefits you're looking for in an electrolyte supplement.

Our cells begin to transfer water from other places that cues more frequent urination, leading to lower fluid and electrolyte levels than before.

Furthermore, the energy spike from sugar is short-lived and when your blood sugar drops, the fatigue, brain fog and mood disturbances set in—all of which can be counteracted with sugar-free hydration and electrolyte products.
Do we need sugar with our electrolytes?
No. While proponents of sugar and electrolytes together will cite how glucose helps the absorption of sodium in our bodies, the amount of glucose needed is actually miniscule and most people often have enough stored up in their bodies from their diet to suffice.

A lot of this knowledge stems from brands whose hero product contains 11g of sugar in every serving—or, by weight, 69% of the stick itself.

Furthermore, there are other elements like potassium and vitamins like B1, B5, and B6—all of which are present in Buoy’s electrolyte offerings—that support routine electrolyte function.
The Problem with Sugar in Hydration Products
Many hydration products are loaded with sugar or sweeteners that can impact blood sugar levels and don’t always support hydration effectively.
Our Electrolyte Solution
Buoy’s Hydration Drops are sugar-free, unflavored, and packed with deep ocean electrolytes and 87+ ionic trace minerals for rapid, effective hydration.
0 Sugar, 0 Sweeteners

Buoy's Clean Formula

Buoy's purposefully unflavored and unsweetened line of electrolyte drops infuse any beverage with fast-acting hydration without the sugar, sweeteners or junk. Sourced from nature's most powerful and potent ingredient sources.

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0 Sugar
0 Sweeteners, Flavors
0 Calories & Carbs
Deep Ocean Electrolytes
7+ Ionic Trace Minerals
Electrolyte Supporting B Vitamin Complex
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Why Choose Buoy?

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Buoy Contains Nature's Best Ingredients, Nothing Less

Ocean Electrolytes
Buoy's premium electrolytes and minerals tap into one of nature's most powerful ingredient sources: the deep ocean. Get the highest quality sodium, chloride, potassium and magnesium earth has to offer with Buoy.

Getting all of these in their naturally occurring ratios—like from harvested sea salt—makes for easy absorption as its the way we've hydrated for centuries before modern society.
• Naturally-Balanced
• Third Party Tested
• Hand Harvested
• Solar Evaporated
87+ Ionic Trace Minerals
Infuse your beverages with hard-to-find but essential trace minerals like Boron, Selenium, Silica, Manganese and more to support every cell and system.
• Ionically Charged
• Naturally Balanced Ratios
• Deep Ocean Sourced
Plant-Powered B Vitamins
Certain vitamins can help you hydrate better. Buoy's curated blend of plant-powered B vitamins support routine electrolyte function without the presence of glucose.
• Vitamin B1
• Vitamin B5
• Vitamin B6

Buoy's Scientific Advisory Board

Buoy's Scientific Advisory Board
From sugar-laden to sugar-free, Buoy's hydration formula stems from scientists, researchers, pharmaceutical experts, and health professionals that continue to challenge and uphold hydration to higher standards.

Buoy's Blueprint

Maximizing Benefits
Unlock the long-term health benefits of Buoy's unflavored electrolytes for optimal hydration in just a few squeezes a day.

Note: Unlike the large, single serving electrolytes on the market, it's hard to overdo it with Buoy. Buoy's Scientific Advisory Board formulated Hydration Drops to be a safe, effective and fast-acting electrolyte replenishment you can add to any beverage.

• One Serving = One Short Squeeze
• 40 Servings Per Bottle
Here's how to get the most out of Buoy:
• 4 - 7 Servings Throughout The Day
• Focus on Morning, Noon, Evening and Night
• Increase If Exercising Or In A Hot Climate

So, Why Choose Buoy?

A New Approach To Hydration
Gone are the days of blue raspberry electrolytes.

Buoy's new approach to hydration prioritizes health and function over taste and flavor.

Try enhancing your beverages with Buoy's unflavored electrolytes for a month, 100% risk free. If you don't like it, get a full refund.

• Sugar Free
• Stevia & Sweetener Free
• No Flavors
• No Calories or Carbohydrates
• NonGMO & Vegan
• High Bioavailability

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FAQs

Why is it important to consider sugar-free electrolyte solutions?

Too much sugar—like the levels commonly found in electrolyte products—may actually undermine effective hydration by making dehydration symptoms worse based on how sugar interacts with the cells in our body.

When you avoid sugar intake with your electrolytes and fluids, you’re allowing your body to use this essential nutrition to fuel every cell and system as intended, leading to optimal hydration in the long run instead of diverting them to balance the increased sugar levels in our blood and body.

How do sugars typically affect the body's hydration process?

With a moderate amount of sugar intake, our cells begin to transfer more water leading to increased urination. This means you’re passing those important electrolytes, minerals and fluids you need for optimal hydration likely before your body would originally do so.

When you have higher blood sugar levels, your body tries to balance by borrowing water from other tissues and places, meaning that the water and electrolytes are going towards neutralizing the sugar rather than supporting optimal health.

What makes Buoy's no-sugar electrolytes effective in hydration without added sugars?

While it’s true that a miniscule amount of glucose can help sodium absorption in the body, it’s not the only sodium co-transporting molecule around.

Buoy’s baseline hydration formula is brimming with a curated plant-based B vitamin complex that specifically supports routine electrolyte function in our bodies so you’re getting more out of every sip.

Additionally, Buoy’s naturally-sourced electrolyte profile is packed with 87 ionic trace minerals and biological elements that complete a comprehensive hydration profile that nurtures well beyond the macro-mineral profile that so many electrolyte products focus on.

Are there natural sweeteners or flavors in Buoy's electrolyte products?

No. Buoy is purposefully unflavored and unsweetened to optimize for function, not flavor.

Even the other zero sugar electrolyte options are loaded with sweeteners that may spike blood sugar levels, promote inflammation within our tissues and maybe loaded with additives and chemicals commonly found in “Natural” flavors.

As important as it is to look out for sugar in hydration products, it’s also important to read the label for sweeteners like stevia, dextrose, monk fruit and natural flavors as they may exacerbate existing health issues or generate inflammation that undermines optimal hydration.

How does Buoy ensure taste without adding sugars to its electrolytes?

Buoy’s delivery and form factor allows its naturally sourced electrolytes and minerals to dissolve instantly and evenly in any drink without compromising taste.

We worked with a pharmaceutical expert and our Scientific Advisory Board to make effective hydration with as neutral of a flavor profile as possible—reducing the amount of citric acid needed to keep Buoy shelf stable and finding the world’s most potent ingredient sources.

Buoy’s form factor is up to three times more bioavailable than traditional supplement forms like pills, powders and tablets. Because of it’s highly concentrated formulation, we’re able to dose enough electrolytes and minerals per serving into a full drink without changing it’s taste.

Can I achieve proper hydration with sugar-free electrolytes alone?

Hydration is two parts: fluids—or water—and electrolytes.

Long before modern society, these two weren’t thought of separately: our water was naturally electrolyte rich from erosion and the clay beds the leech minerals into the bodies of water reside on top of them.

When you add sugar into the mix, your body introduces metabolic reactions that actually trigger urination and deviate the electrolytes and fluids needed to support optimal hydration across your body to balance the now higher blood sugar levels.

So while you always need fluids and water to pair with your electrolytes, you can easily achieve proper hydration with sugar-free electrolytes. You likely have enough glucose stored in your body to help with any additional sodium absorption or you can get electrolytes like Buoy that have potassium and a curated B vitamin complex to support electrolyte function.

Are there any potential health benefits of switching to no-sugar electrolytes?

Eliminating sugar consumption from your electrolyte intake is a wise move that promotes health and vitality with long-term transformation.

Stable energy: While sugar provides a short-term energy boost, it leaves you with less energy than you started with after the crash. After you pass the sugar out in urination, your blood sugar crashes which carries physical implications like fatigue to mental cognition declines like less motivation and focus.

Reduced risk of chronic illness: Excessive and consistent sugar intake is a gateway for long-term and persistent health implications like heart disease, obesity, chronic inflammation, high blood pressure and chronic illnesses like Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Weight loss: Studies consistently reinforce the idea that sugar intake in moderate to excess amounts are likely to lead to obesity and weight gain overtime. Worse—sugar intake is linked to more cravings, which may cause your total caloric intake to go up on a consistent basis leading to weight gain. Furthermore, when trying to manage or lose weight, excess sugar will undermine your goals.

Healthier skin: Healthy, glowing and radiant skin is one of the benefits to cutting out sugar from your diet. Sugar intake causes our bodies to age faster and reduce the healthy proteins and collagen we need to make our skin supple and healthy. While sugar intake impacts us all differently, cleaning up your diet by removing sugar—especially refined sugar—seems to hold true for almost everyone: healthier, clearer skin.

Improved cognitive and brain health: With excess sugar in the body, you may become more insulin resistant which leads to a lessened ability to balance blood sugar in the long run. When this happens, your risk for neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and others increases.

Shaper memory: Sugar intake impacts our bodies insulin response, which impacts our brain’s synaptic connections. With excessive or consistent sugar intake, insulin and these hormone connections are hindered, directly impacting our brain’s memory and ability to learn.

Reduced anxiety: When you consume sugar, our blood sugar spikes which is a common cause of brain fog. After we pass the sugar, our blood sugar dips, which is a common trigger of anxiety.

Reduced depression: Sugar directly impacts the neurotransmitter serotonin in our brain. If it’s overstimulated from excess sugar, we’re at higher risk of depleting the chain of these neurotransmitters which is one of the stronger links to mood disorders.

How do Buoy's sugar-free electrolytes compare to traditional sports drinks?

Buoy is formulated by a pharmaceutical expert and Scientific Advisory Board of medical professionals for fast-acting, effective hydration. Unlike traditional sports drinks which are loaded with sugar, additives and other ingredients that undermine effective hydration in the long run, Buoy’s naturally sourced electrolyte and mineral profile delivers comprehensive and essential hydration in a more bioavailable form factor that can be added to any beverage for fast absorption.

Each serving of Buoy is ⅓ the electrolytes of a sports drink without the sugar, sweeteners, flavors, calories, additives or junk. Each bottle has 40 servings, or more electrolytes than 13 sports drinks.

Do Buoy's no-sugar electrolytes cater to specific dietary needs or restrictions?

Buoy is formulated for even the most restrictive diets, including those fasting and living with chronic illnesses. It’s purposefully unflavored and unsweetened formula stacks seamlessly with intermittent fasting, keto, paleo, Whole30 and other health-focused diets while also serving the allergen-conscious, NonGMO and Vegan crowd.

Furthermore, two of Buoy’s three clinical studies revolves around Buoy’s effectiveness at supporting chronic illnesses because of its naturally sourced ingredients and commitment to avoiding the sweet and inflammatory ingredients like sugar and sugar alternatives that exacerbate health conditions and generate inflammation.

What is the difference between sugar-free and zero-sugar electrolytes?

While “sugar-free” means the product contains no added sugar, it may still contain artificial sweeteners like stevia, sucralose, or erythritol. “Zero-sugar electrolytes” ensure that the product is free from any type of sugar or sugar substitute, making them a cleaner option for those looking to avoid blood sugar spikes, artificial additives, and unwanted sweeteners. Buoy’s zero-sugar electrolyte drops offer pure hydration without any added flavors or sweeteners, making them one of the cleanest options available.

Are there electrolyte drinks without sugar?

Yes! Many brands offer electrolyte drinks without sugar, but it’s important to read ingredient labels to ensure they don’t contain hidden sweeteners or artificial flavors. Instead of traditional sports drinks loaded with sugar, consider Buoy’s unflavored, sugar-free electrolyte drops, which can be added to any beverage for clean, fast-acting hydration.

Do sugar-free electrolytes work as well as traditional, sugary electrolyte drinks?

Absolutely! Sugar-free electrolytes work just as well - if not better- than traditional electrolyte drinks, as they eliminate the unnecessary sugars and artificial ingredients that can lead to energy crashes, dehydration, and inflammation. The best sugar-free electrolyte liquid drops provide bioavailable minerals that support hydration, muscle recovery, and overall health without the drawbacks of sugar-based products.

Why should I avoid sugar in electrolyte drinks?

Sugar in electrolyte drinks can actually work against hydration by causing blood sugar spikes, energy crashes, and increased dehydration. Consuming high-sugar electrolyte drinks can lead to frequent urination and fluid imbalances, leaving you less hydrated than before. Sugar-free electrolytes, like Buoy’s unflavored drops, help maintain proper hydration levels without the negative side effects of sugar-laden sports drinks.

What is the cleanest electrolyte drop available?

The cleanest electrolyte drops are those that contain only essential electrolytes without added sugars, artificial sweeteners, or unnecessary fillers. If you’re looking for the cleanest option, Buoy’s unflavored electrolyte drops offer a completely sugar-free, stevia-free, and flavor-free formula, delivering 87+ ionic trace minerals and deep ocean electrolytes in a highly bioavailable liquid form.

What is the best electrolyte drink for diabetics?

The best electrolyte drink for diabetics is one that contains zero sugar and no artificial sweeteners, as these can impact blood sugar regulation. Buoy’s unflavored electrolyte drops are an ideal choice because they provide essential electrolytes without any added sugars, calories, or artificial ingredients - making them safe for diabetics and individuals looking to maintain stable blood sugar levels.

Can I drink electrolytes without sugar while fasting?

Yes! Sugar-free electrolytes are essential for fasting as they support hydration, energy levels, and muscle function without breaking a fast. Since Buoy’s electrolyte drops contain zero sugar, zero calories, and no artificial additives, they are an excellent choice for intermittent fasting, keto diets, and prolonged fasting periods.
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