does coffee count
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Does coffee for your water intake?
Yes.
There is a modern myth that only 'pure' water counts toward your 8 glasses a day.
Ignoring the fact that 8 glasses a day is dubious and based on an offhand comment made by a dietician in about 1970, when such statements were originally made a large variety of beverages were explicitly included. Among them being coffee, tea, soft drinks, juice, milk and beer.
Basically everyone having to drink eight 8 ounce glasses of water a day on top of everything else is a complete misunderstanding. The original point was about total fluid intake. The flavor of the fluid is not relevant.
(Caffeine's diuretic effects are minimal (a) when you're habituated to it and (b) when the intake is moderate.)0 -
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283
This mentions that all fluids count towards the daily total....(last line)0 -
During winter, I only drink green tea and coffee. We're talking about a 6 month period where I don't touch plain water. Do I suffer any symptoms of dehydration? No. As long as I am drinking every 50-70 minutes, I'm fine. If I am busy and have a 5 hour gap without drinking even green tea or strong coffee, I notice it the next day as my skin is dry.0
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if you have to quibble over whether soup/coffee/soda is water, it would seem you are looking for a reason to not drink water. If you have survived dying this long without drinking plain water, then one would assume you are getting enough water to live. But, imo, drink a glass of water, it won't kill you.0
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Does coffee for your water intake?
Yes.
There is a modern myth that only 'pure' water counts toward your 8 glasses a day.
Ignoring the fact that 8 glasses a day is dubious and based on an offhand comment made by a dietician in about 1970, when such statements were originally made a large variety of beverages were explicitly included. Among them being coffee, tea, soft drinks, juice, milk and beer.
Basically everyone having to drink eight 8 ounce glasses of water a day on top of everything else is a complete misunderstanding. The original point was about total fluid intake. The flavor of the fluid is not relevant.
(Caffeine's diuretic effects are minimal (a) when you're habituated to it and (b) when the intake is moderate.)
I knew that the 8/day was dubious, there's never been an actual study about it - and what to desert dwellers do? They can't cart 4 litres of water per person when trecking across the desert!0 -
Hyponatreamia?
Last year we had a student (elite sports bod) collapse due to drinking too much plain water. He hadn't taken an electrolyte drink out with him.
Yes, I know. Doesn't happen often. But with the heatwave here in the UK it has been repeated a lot on the heatwave health information. Those who honestly believe only pure water hydrates are more prone to it.0 -
I wasnt looking for a reason, I drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day as plain water, and book my coffees (tim hortons, medium, 2 milk) in the "foods" section. I was just wondering what others do.0
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Absolutely. It is water plus coffee beans. Therefore it is still water. Yes caffeine dehydrates you. So does salt and alcohol.... But you are consuming more water than caffeine in a couple cups of coffee so I think it is still doing more to hydrate you than dehydrate you...
I'm sure there is some fancy math involved where after a certain amount of coffee it is no longer beneficial for hydration... But I'm not that clever. Lol
I usually log coffee and tea and light juices to count towards my water. Soda, alcohol, or things high in sodium I don't count towards water.
Everything in moderation seems to be the key though!0 -
I just count water. I only just manage the recommended minimum so other liquids are just a bonus to me. It's not amounting to gallons in my case, so no harm done.0
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How can you possibly have problems drinking enough water?
Just drink it...its easy0 -
Coconut water and milk are great for hydration btw! And goes great with coffee!
However, it is also a diuretic so too much again could end up dehydrating you. Pay attention to your body signals. Headaches, the runs, fatigue, and even hunger pangs could mean you are dehydrated. And of course... Thirst is the best indicator! Lol0 -
How can you possibly have problems drinking enough water?
Just drink it...its easy
Believe it or not everyone is different and drinking water is not easy for many people, myself included. It is actually quite a chore for me and at times can definitely cause some nausea. I know it is important so I am working very hard at 48 years old to become a water drinker for the first time in my life.
In response to the OP, I only log plain water because I rarely drink anything else. This is the only way I can manage to barely get my 8 cups a day.0 -
Hyponatreamia?
Last year we had a student (elite sports bod) collapse due to drinking too much plain water. He hadn't taken an electrolyte drink out with him.
Yes, I know. Doesn't happen often. But with the heatwave here in the UK it has been repeated a lot on the heatwave health information. Those who honestly believe only pure water hydrates are more prone to it.
That's scary. Perhaps ice cold Bovril is the way forward in sports nutrition. :bigsmile:0 -
Believe it or not everyone is different and drinking water is not easy for many people, myself included. It is actually quite a chore for me and at times can definitely cause some nausea. I know it is important so I am working very hard at 48 years old to become a water drinker for the first time in my life.
In response to the OP, I only log plain water because I rarely drink anything else. This is the only way I can manage to barely get my 8 cups a day.
Not picking put I cannot comprehend what is difficult about drinking a glass every hour or so... if not 2 times that amount. Do people just hate water or forget to drink it?0 -
After I read all the posts, and thank you to everyon who posted, i was thinking about the 8 cups a day, and how there isn't any medical evidence of need. I thought why would they want you to drink that much and thought - to keep you fuller, so you dont feel as hungry as you might if you didnt drink that much.0
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I count most liquids as water.0
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For me personally water is difficult because of an incident as a child eating some poisonous plants with some other neighborhood kids. We were all in our house when our parents had found out doing the syrup of ipecac induced vomiting evening. For whatever reason the 4 glasses of water I had to drink as part of this process caused me to hate water from then on.
I am drinking it now but it really is not easy. But I do think it is very important to do so.0 -
Yes, absolutely coffee counts as water intake. Unless you are consuming huge amounts of caffeine, you won't need to "compensate" with extra water. To you, it's coffee or soda, but to your body it's WATER plus other added stuff. It doesn't care if they were mixed together when you swallowed.0
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I count coffee under my foods because it has nutrients. I don't log water. As long as my pee looks OK then I know I'm getting enough fluids. You don't have to drink 8 glasses a day.0
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I only count water as water. Not because of anything else other than it says "water". If it said "coffee" I would keep track of that there. Silly I know but I just do as I'm told. I'm not overly fussed about the number of glasses either I usually get a headache way before it tells me I haven't had enough. Then I drink a coffee (or 8).0
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