water intake
momstg
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Do you think black coffee or unsweet tea count towards the daily water intake? I drink a lot of water but also like cofee and tea/green tea.
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coffee counts as coffee and tea counts at tea. I have about 3 cups of coffee in the morning and then I try to drink 6-7 cups of water throughout the day.0
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Nope! Water is water. Coffee is coffee and juice is juice.
If you ordered a coffee and the waitress brought you water, you'd be thinking, "It's not the same thing."0 -
Yes, but does coffee/tea count toward your daily quota of fluid? Say I aim for 10 cups of water/fluid a day, do I also include my 4 cups of tea?0
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Caffeine is a diuretic so if you are ingesting caffeine you need to drink and extra cup of water to make up for what you will shed. I drink a coffee every morning but I also drink a minimum of 10-12 glasses of water to compensate for the caffeine and my activity level.0
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I drink tea, and I do not adjust the amount of water I drink. I consider it as part of my daily intake goal. Then again, I do not really keep consistent with liquid intake, as it doesn't affect fat loss.0
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I have 2 cups of coffee in the morning and count it as water. Additionally, I usually drink about 10- 15 cups of water a day. That's all I usually ever drink so to me its all fluid.0
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no.0
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Oh goodness. Yes, they do count. Water does not cease to be water if you add tea, coffee, Mio or Crystal Light to it. It also does not matter if there is caffeine in it. Although caffeine has a slight diuretic effect, that is more than compensated by all the water it's floating in. Just drink enough fluid to make sure that your urine is clear to pale yellow. That's sufficient.0
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Oh goodness. Yes, they do count. Water does not cease to be water if you add tea, coffee, Mio or Crystal Light to it. It also does not matter if there is caffeine in it. Although caffeine has a slight diuretic effect, that is more than compensated by all the water it's floating in. Just drink enough fluid to make sure that your urine is clear to pale yellow. That's sufficient.
anyway here, read this
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/20/3633741.htm
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I don't really fuss too much over water intake. Your body will generally let you know if you require fluids. There seems to be a lot of mythology around this whole 8 + glasses of water idea. Drink enough that your urine is pale yellow and you will be fine, whether that be water, tea, soda, coffee or cordial.0
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