Coffee

rdxturbo2007
rdxturbo2007 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
Does coffee count toward your daily water consumption

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  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Do you make it with water? ;)
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Do you make it with water? ;)

    <3
  • theskinnyonme
    theskinnyonme Posts: 443 Member
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  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Do you make it with water? ;)

    Nope! I make mine with more coffee :-p.

    Anyway- I count my coffee as "water" since I also count my iced tea.
  • xmarye
    xmarye Posts: 385 Member
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.

    Agreed!
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.

    Studies have shown that the duiretic effect does not exceed the fluid from the coffee.
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    no, only pure water counts as water in my opinion. and anyway, the 8 glasses a day isn't really necessary.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.

    Studies have shown that the duiretic effect does not exceed the fluid from the coffee.

    She's right. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084154

    Yes, I'd count coffee, if I logged my fluid intake.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    theskinnyonme wrote: »
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    I'm stealing this :) I don't log my fluid intake, but if I did I would count it.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited January 2015
    You don't need to make any Magic Water Quota.

    Just drink when you're thirsty, and keep drinking until you're no longer thirsty.

    Voila! Done. Nothing to track.
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    well, many foods have water in them too. if you're going to count literally everything that contains water, then count food too. kind of think it defeats the point to count coffee or anything else that's not purely water though, but i don't track water anyway. i try to drink more of it though.
  • icrushit
    icrushit Posts: 773 Member
    Because it's a diuretic, you will lose some of it again, but overall if you drink a cup, what you lose through urination will be less than a cup, so overall you are hydrating yourself a little. I don't count it personally, but if you want to, you could always count a portion of it, say something like 1/3 of the quantity you've just drunk perhaps ? :smile:
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.

    Studies have shown that the duiretic effect does not exceed the fluid from the coffee.

    Nice! Do you know where they were published? I'd like to throw those numbers in the face of some people who give me crap about how much coffee I drink.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    I personally don't track my water consumption. But if I did, I wouldn't count coffee. It's a diuretic.

    It's also the elixir of life and a benison from the very Gods.

    Studies have shown that the duiretic effect does not exceed the fluid from the coffee.

    Nice! Do you know where they were published? I'd like to throw those numbers in the face of some people who give me crap about how much coffee I drink.

    I posted one above.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    Awesome! Thanks!
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I rarely drink plain water. I drink coffee, Coke Zero, Kool Aid and occasionally some tea. Oh and milk and a protein shake. All you need is to stay hydrated. Period. If you have light colored urine, you are doing it right.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I count my coffee if it's decaf. If your urine is light yellow, you are getting enough liquid.
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