does my homemade soup count towards daily water intake?

baldnavywife
baldnavywife Posts: 36 Member
edited November 8 in Food and Nutrition
OK so this may be a stupid/confusing question but I'm curious to know anyways. I made turkey and vegetable soup using 10 cups of water and added sodium free chicken bouillon packets as the base. Since tea isn't considered water is that also the case for my soup or can I log the water used?

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Everyone has their own rules for this. Personally, I only count water as water. Some people count anything liquid. Some include jello. Others include various foods.

    It's your diary and you can track it however you want! :)

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    You can log both tea and soup as water intake. Heck, you could even log cucumbers and tomatoes are water if you want to be specific. Personally I don't log water because I know I'm getting enough of it from all sources.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,223 Member
    Yes. The food you eat represents about 20% let alone the water your using. Some people for some reason believe that only water can represent that requirement, why is a mystery to me, youtube is suspect.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I count tea as water. I wouldn't have a problem counting broth as water, too. Since soup is made of broth, I guess you're good to go!
  • harlequin0318
    harlequin0318 Posts: 415 Member
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    It counts
  • hannahro
    hannahro Posts: 20 Member
    it counts
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    Everyone has their own rules for this. Personally, I only count water as water. Some people count anything liquid. Some include jello. Others include various foods.

    It's your diary and you can track it however you want! :)
    ^That.

    For me, I wouldn't count it as water. Soup would count towards a hydration goal, as would a lot of foods, but to me soup isn't water.
  • PeterSedesse
    PeterSedesse Posts: 124
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.

    This!

    You should really count everything as water, especially most fruits which are almost entirely water. However, do a sanity check with things with caffeine and alcohol because in most cases you will have a net water loss.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.

    Actually:

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084154
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    PeterSedesse wrote: »
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.

    This!

    You should really count everything as water, especially most fruits which are almost entirely water. However, do a sanity check with things with caffeine and alcohol because in most cases you will have a net water loss.
    False. tsk tsk.

    Elementary, Watson.
  • baldnavywife
    baldnavywife Posts: 36 Member
    Thanks everyone!! <3
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    PeterSedesse wrote: »
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.

    This!

    You should really count everything as water, especially most fruits which are almost entirely water. However, do a sanity check with things with caffeine and alcohol because in most cases you will have a net water loss.
    False. tsk tsk.

    Elementary, Watson.

    Hell yeah!! Café rico y delicioso helps my brain!! No wonder I love coffee... :wink:

    coffeehearts.gif
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    It doesn't really matter what you count or don't count as water intake. The 8 cups of water per day thing is a long-disproven myth.

    If reaching for a glass of water instead of a can of soda helps your weight loss, then sure, by all means, aim to get more water in your diet. But as long as you're not dehydrated, you're good to go.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    If you want to be frugle about your water intake then feel free to count it, it's definitely a preference. The only thing I don't count towards my water intake is tea/coffee because it contains caffeine - a natural diuretic.

    Actually:

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084154

    Yep, and here's another one for black tea:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450118
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