What's your opinion - Does sparkling water count as water?

MissusHay

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

JoRumbles

Do they hydrate you ? Then yes, they count.

If they contain caffeine I would be more on the fence as that is a diuretic

sdado1013

My nutritionist says flavored water , sparkling or not, counts and so does unsweetened tea!

Mr_Knight

Of course it does. Anything with water in it - which is virtually every beverage - counts as water.

skylark94

Yes.

cwolfman13

why wouldn't sparkling water count as water? It is water...with some CO2 shot in there.

TimothyFish

Yes. For that matter, coffee and soda count as water.

FatFreeFrolicking

Of course it counts. It's water...

MissusHay

Thanks for the input. I've read that somehow the carbonation messes with the availability or something hokey like that, hence my uncertainty. Silly interwebs, confusing us gullible folk...

ShellyBell999

Does it have water in it?

KelliP5

The Sparkling Ice-Cherry Limeade is sooo good AND it helped me kick the sodas!

misschoppo

I count sparkling water toward my water intake I also count fruit/herbal teas which I drink a lot of & sugar free cordial/squash diluted with water.

I personally don't count canned fizzy drinks, fruit juice or milk.

hhnkhl

yes

stevencloser

MissusHay wrote: »

Thanks for the input. I've read that somehow the carbonation messes with the availability or something hokey like that, hence my uncertainty. Silly interwebs, confusing us gullible folk...

Yeah that's hokey. The carbonation comes from carbonic acid (H2CO3) which turns into water (H20) and carbon dioxide (CO2) with time, which causes the bubbles and your burps.

WeighToGoJudy

It definitely counts towards your water intake. I LOVE sparkling flavored waters... but don't like the bloated feeling that carbonated beverages give me.

SingRunTing

Anything that is made of mostly water counts: seltzer water, soda, tea, iced tea, coffee. iced coffee, even juice and milk count.

beemerphile1

I would count virtually any liquid but I don't log water/drinks. Over eating made me fat, not water.

arkham_ma

beemerphile1 wrote: »

Over eating made me fat, not water.

I wish there was a "like" button for posts like this

999tigger

The clue is where it says water. The recommended daily amount relates to fluid which includes things like tea and coffee or anything which hydrates.

Of_Monsters_and_Meat

Sparkling water would count as water. It even says it right in the name.
Ice tea would not count. I buy the powedered kind. It contains no H20, therefore not water.

Jgasmic

Bahahaha that iced tea powder almost made me spit my water at my computer!

DearestWinter

MissusHay wrote: »

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

Sparkling water counts.

Iced tea doesn't because it contains caffeine. (Unless you're drinking a non-caffeinated iced tea and not adding sugar. Then it would count.)

TimothyFish

DearestWinter wrote: »

MissusHay wrote: »

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

Sparkling water counts.

Iced tea doesn't because it contains caffeine. (Unless you're drinking a non-caffeinated iced tea and not adding sugar. Then it would count.)

@DearestWinter, Water is water, no matter what you add to it. By your rule, hot chocolate would not count as water because it has caffeine and sugar. But if you ate a piece of chocolate and then drank some water the water would count, even though there is no difference in the contents of your stomach.

andielyn

KelliP5 wrote: »

The Sparkling Ice-Cherry Limeade is sooo good AND it helped me kick the sodas!

Oh darn you for mentioning Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade! I have to agree it is sooooo good and I also completely kicked my soda habit drinking Sparkling Ice, but for the last several months I've given up artificial sweeteners of any kind. So now all I drink is hint fizz. If I ever fall off the artificial sweetener wagon it will def be a Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade!

urloved33

TimothyFish wrote: »

DearestWinter wrote: »

MissusHay wrote: »

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

Sparkling water counts.

Iced tea doesn't because it contains caffeine. (Unless you're drinking a non-caffeinated iced tea and not adding sugar. Then it would count.)

@DearestWinter, Water is water, no matter what you add to it. By your rule, hot chocolate would not count as water because it has caffeine and sugar. But if you ate a piece of chocolate and then drank some water the water would count, even though there is no difference in the contents of your stomach.

DearestWinter

TimothyFish wrote: »

DearestWinter wrote: »

MissusHay wrote: »

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

Sparkling water counts.

Iced tea doesn't because it contains caffeine. (Unless you're drinking a non-caffeinated iced tea and not adding sugar. Then it would count.)

@DearestWinter, Water is water, no matter what you add to it. By your rule, hot chocolate would not count as water because it has caffeine and sugar. But if you ate a piece of chocolate and then drank some water the water would count, even though there is no difference in the contents of your stomach.

I find that convoluted, are we logging all foods with water content as water? Soup would be water then. (Actually, pretty much every food but soup has enough water in it to make logging the water feasible.)

Or are we only logging beverages as water? Does my latte count as water? Does my fresh-squeezed OJ count? Or my hot chocolate (which is made with milk)?

Yes, technically all of these things have water in them but if I'm trying to track my water intake then I choose to keep it simple. OP was asking what we think, which I interpret as "what is your personal preference when you're counting things as water or not".

maidentl

DearestWinter wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

DearestWinter wrote: »

MissusHay wrote: »

I really like La Croix waters, especially the berry and lime flavors. They're just carbonated water with a little natural flavoring (no calories, sweeteners, sodium, etc.), but do they count as your "water" intake? How about iced tea?

I'm on the fence with sparkling water, but I personally don't think iced tea counts (though I couldn't really tell you why).

Do you think they count?

Sparkling water counts.

Iced tea doesn't because it contains caffeine. (Unless you're drinking a non-caffeinated iced tea and not adding sugar. Then it would count.)

@DearestWinter, Water is water, no matter what you add to it. By your rule, hot chocolate would not count as water because it has caffeine and sugar. But if you ate a piece of chocolate and then drank some water the water would count, even though there is no difference in the contents of your stomach.

I find that convoluted, are we logging all foods with water content as water? Soup would be water then. (Actually, pretty much every food but soup has enough water in it to make logging the water feasible.)

Or are we only logging beverages as water? Does my latte count as water? Does my fresh-squeezed OJ count? Or my hot chocolate (which is made with milk)?

Yes, technically all of these things have water in them but if I'm trying to track my water intake then I choose to keep it simple. OP was asking what we think, which I interpret as "what is your personal preference when you're counting things as water or not".

Well, yes, actually, all of those things you mentioned "count" as water.

What happened was that someone, somewhere once recommended people get 8 cups of fluid per day. Somehow this transmorphed into we need to drink 8 glasses of water per day. We just need to stay hydrated, we don't need to "log" our water. If someone does have trouble staying hydrated, then sure, make it a point to drink fluids (again, doesn't have to be straight water) and log them if it helps.

fivethirtyeight.com/features/you-dont-need-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/

dp1227

So beer= water? So cough syrup = water? Think before just replying "yes".
I think La Croix counts, I'd think twice about any non-clears or drinks with ANY ingredients outside of water, carbon, etc..

janejellyroll

dp1227 wrote: »

So beer= water? So cough syrup = water? Think before just replying "yes".
I think La Croix counts, I'd think twice about any non-clears or drinks with ANY ingredients outside of water, carbon, etc..

What is your basis for thinking twice about it though? Is there evidence that a drink with ANY non-water ingredients isn't hydrating? Why is a non-clear liquid not hydrating?

juggernaut1974

dp1227 wrote: »

So beer= water? So cough syrup = water? Think before just replying "yes".
I think La Croix counts, I'd think twice about any non-clears or drinks with ANY ingredients outside of water, carbon, etc..

I thought 4 times before posting.

My answer is still 'yes'...although beer moreso than cough syrup because I typically don't drink multiple ounces of cough syrup on a regular basis.

Necro-ness of the thread nothwithstanding...

lemurcat12

dp1227 wrote: »

So beer= water?

Depends on how dehydrating it is; I really don't know. I'd probably count it partially, based on how much hydration you get from it. (Well, I probably would not count it, since my experience with alcohol is that I end up dehydrated and do better drinking lots of water to offset it, but I don't know if that's real as my drinking was pretty screwed up which is why I don't drink currently.)

So cough syrup = water? Think before just replying "yes".

If you drink enough cough syrup to count as a cup of anything, I think you have more issues than hydration.

I think La Croix counts, I'd think twice about any non-clears or drinks with ANY ingredients outside of water, carbon, etc..

Why? Take iced tea (decaf if you prefer, non sweetened if you prefer, but it really doesn't matter) -- why on earth wouldn't that count? Does it not contain water? That's like saying that if I eat a sandwich while drinking water the water no longer counts.

Also, zombie thread, of course.