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    Water 1 cup =?

    Posts: 10 Member
    edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Hello all was just wondering when I add my water intake each day the selection option is by cup, foes the obe cup relate to a specific amount in ml? Want to be as accurate as possible

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    • Posts: 2,745 Member
      Yes, cup measure is a specific volume. Unfortunately the exact volume depends on whether it's an American or British cup. It's around 250ml but I'll have to check the exact number.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      I've been using 200 ml as a cup size :smile:
    • Posts: 2,745 Member
      An American cup is 237ml, a British cup is 284. I'm surprised by that, as I'm in the UK and my cup measure is 250ml. I use 250ml anyway.

      This is why people don't like cup measures!
    • Posts: 2,745 Member
      edited June 2016
      Turns out I have an Australian cup measure - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit) - what gives, Marks and Spencer?
    • Posts: 130 Member
      I take it as 250ml. It makes things simple then with most bottles being 500ml or about 2 cups.
    • Posts: 10 Member
      Ah thanks all il go for 250ml
    • Posts: 950 Member
      I am way behind the times in the U.S.....I still use ounces for my liquid measurements :D
    • Posts: 1,144 Member
      1 cup is 8 oz.
    • Posts: 144 Member
      I was wondering this too. Thanks for posting

    • Posts: 47 Member
      When I'm out I use a 500ml bottle which I count as 2 glasses when I'm at home I use a pint glass which is 568ml but I just put 2 glasses down
    • Posts: 17,562 Member
      tamicoil1 wrote: »
      1 cup is 8 oz.

      Which is about 240 ml, since that's what the OP was asking for
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      edited June 2016
      You don't need to be super accurate on this; it doesn't matter. Just use the pee color test if you worry you might not be drinking enough. (I always drink plenty just doing what comes naturally.)
    • Posts: 1,144 Member
      malibu927 wrote: »
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      Which is about 240 ml, since that's what the OP was asking for

      But when they talk about 8 cups of water, they are talking about 8 oz cups. Milliliters mean nothing to me, and I would guess most Americans since we don't use the metric system. Unless you're in the medical field.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Silly me. I dont even enter water in. No calories and no nutrients means one less entry for me. For everything else I even enter if I lick a spoon!
    • Posts: 119 Member
      tamicoil1 wrote: »
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      But when they talk about 8 cups of water, they are talking about 8 oz cups. Milliliters mean nothing to me, and I would guess most Americans since we don't use the metric system. Unless you're in the medical field.
      Depends who 'they' are, But the OP asked specificity for milliliters. Not everyone here is American...
      Stewie_Mc wrote: »
      Hello all was just wondering when I add my water intake each day the selection option is by cup, foes the obe cup relate to a specific amount in ml? Want to be as accurate as possible

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