Do you guys count black coffee as part of your daily water intake?
JTlivez
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I don't, but I'm interested in what other people think of the idea.
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Sure. Why wouldn't I?4
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I sure do1
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I don't count water. You don't have to drink 8 cups of water a day, it's a myth. Just make sure your pee is clear enough and you're good.6
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Interesting, how far would you go though? Once you add milk, sugar, creamer etc... Would you think otherwise?quiksylver296 wrote: »Sure. Why wouldn't I?
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Interesting, how dare would you go though? Once you add milk, sugar, creamer etc... Would you think otherwise?quiksylver296 wrote: »Sure. Why wouldn't I?
Nope. Still counts. I add a quarter-cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk and a tablespoon of hazelnut creamer to 2 cups of coffee, every morning.
It's liquid. It will keep me hydrated. I also count diet sodas, flavored waters...whatever I drink (except alcohol. I wouldn't count a margarita as water.
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I count my black coffee. I count my coffee with half n half. I count my kombucha. I count the ice I put in my smoothie. Do an experiment. Put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of clean clear water. After 20 minutes record what has happened. Next, put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of coffee with sugar, creamer and a dash of etc in it. After 20 minutes record what has happened.
Now, ask yourself. If brainless chia seeds find water and do what they do when they find water, why don't I count it as water?12 -
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »I count my black coffee. I count my coffee with half n half. I count my kombucha. I count the ice I put in my smoothie. Do an experiment. Put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of clean clear water. After 20 minutes record what has happened. Next, put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of coffee with sugar, creamer and a dash of etc in it. After 20 minutes record what has happened.
Now, ask yourself. If brainless chia seeds find water and do what they do when they find water, why don't I count it as water?
I understand, thanks for the response
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I don't count water. You don't have to drink 8 cups of water a day, it's a myth. Just make sure your pee is clear enough and you're good.
This.
On average I drink 4 large cups of coffee a day, 1 can of diet soda, and then a 16 ounce water bottle at lunch, and then maybe a another 16 ounces worth of water spread out through the day. Plus I eat a lot of veg/fruit, which have high water concentrations.
eta: totally forgot about my daily green smoothie-that has 1c skim milk and 1 1/2 cup of water as well.1 -
I definitely do NOT count my coffee as water intake. The reason I track my water is for hydration purposes and since coffee is a diuretic and therefore dehydrating, it would be 100% counterproductive for me to count it towards my water intake.34
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I don't count my daily water intake. I see no reason to, as I drink plenty. I think the current obsession with drinking tons of water and tracking it is a little odd and unnecessary.
However, coffee is not dehydrating, that's a myth. You get net hydration from a cup of coffee.9 -
I count all liquids: coffee, beer, wine, smoothies...1
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I don't. I can tell a noticeable difference in water retention, bowel movements and just plain exreme thirst if the only fluids i get all day are from tea and coffee.
I only count plain water as water.1 -
I don't count water, but if I did, I'd count coffee as water.0
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No.0
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Even milk is mostly water.3
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I don't count water but if I did - flavored water is still water - it doesn't turn into something else. Coffee is just flavored water.
The dehydration thing has been debunked - you'd have to drink way more coffee than a normal person would.9 -
I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.8
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »I count my black coffee. I count my coffee with half n half. I count my kombucha. I count the ice I put in my smoothie. Do an experiment. Put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of clean clear water. After 20 minutes record what has happened. Next, put a tsp of chia seeds in a cup of coffee with sugar, creamer and a dash of etc in it. After 20 minutes record what has happened.
Now, ask yourself. If brainless chia seeds find water and do what they do when they find water, why don't I count it as water?
Why you gotta be so mean to the poor chia seeds? They're just doing their gooey job.3 -
beeziebaby wrote: »I definitely do NOT count my coffee as water intake. The reason I track my water is for hydration purposes and since coffee is a diuretic and therefore dehydrating, it would be 100% counterproductive for me to count it towards my water intake.
Except that the "diuretic" effect of coffee is so minimal that it doesn't actually dehydrate you. There is far far more water in coffee, than the caffeine could ever offset.
Any beverage that has water in it, contributes to your water intake whether you choose to count it or not. And many people overlook the water contained in foods too. You can get a significant amount of water from fruits and vegetables8 -
I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.
How much caffeine were you on when you had your reaction? Did you consume caffeine regularly before the event? Both my husband and I have a higher intake of caffeine, but once he added a monster type drink to his routine, which added a big caffeine load that he wasn't used to. Ended up triggering a rare form of migraine that mimicked a stroke. He ended up in the ER for 2 CT scans, an EKG etc and he was perfectly fine-they pinned it down to the excess caffeine. But we're talking a very large amount, in a short amount of time (he had the monster drink right after a mountain dew and a red bull-pulling an all nighter work thing). He went back to his regular intake and has never had another episode. They never brought up the water/hydrating thing at the hospital though-he had a reaction to consuming a very large amount of caffeine in a short amount of time, and his body was not adapted to the dosage.
OP-diuretic thing is about caffeine and not coffee specifically. And caffeine does not become a diuretic until much higher dosages, 500mg+, which is like 6 cups or more of coffee. At that point it may send you to the bathroom a bit more, but if you're drinking that much coffee, or any other liquid, in a short period of time, you're already going to be heading there anyways
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I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.
This is very true! I do count my coffee as an added 10 oz of water BUT I also do need to drink another cup of water due to my coffee intake since the caffeine dehydrates me pretty badly. It is still mostly water but it's like taking 10 oz of water with a caffeine pill. The pill itself could dehydrate you if you are susceptible of that, and then you will simply drink more water.
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beeziebaby wrote: »I definitely do NOT count my coffee as water intake. The reason I track my water is for hydration purposes and since coffee is a diuretic and therefore dehydrating, it would be 100% counterproductive for me to count it towards my water intake.
No.
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/12834577
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/121876185 -
No I don't0
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I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.
This is very true! I do count my coffee as an added 10 oz of water BUT I also do need to drink another cup of water due to my coffee intake since the caffeine dehydrates me pretty badly. It is still mostly water but it's like taking 10 oz of water with a caffeine pill. The pill itself could dehydrate you if you are susceptible of that, and then you will simply drink more water.
I had a severe reaction to caffeine and went to the hospital because my blood pressure was close to 200/100 (normal is 120/80). Water and caffeinated drinks act differently. Caffeine constricts your blood vessels, which makes your blood pressure go up temporarily. Water doesn't do that. I was told water is one of the most beneficial things you can drink.0 -
I don't count water or anything else...I just keep myself hydrated.2
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OliveGirl128 wrote: »I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.
How much caffeine were you on when you had your reaction? Did you consume caffeine regularly before the event? Both my husband and I have a higher intake of caffeine, but once he added a monster type drink to his routine, which added a big caffeine load that he wasn't used to. Ended up triggering a rare form of migraine that mimicked a stroke. He ended up in the ER for 2 CT scans, an EKG etc and he was perfectly fine-they pinned it down to the excess caffeine. But we're talking a very large amount, in a short amount of time (he had the monster drink right after a mountain dew and a red bull-pulling an all nighter work thing). He went back to his regular intake and has never had another episode. They never brought up the water/hydrating thing at the hospital though-he had a reaction to consuming a very large amount of caffeine in a short amount of time, and his body was not adapted to the dosage.
OP-diuretic thing is about caffeine and not coffee specifically. And caffeine does not become a diuretic until much higher dosages, 500mg+, which is like 6 cups or more of coffee. At that point it may send you to the bathroom a bit more, but if you're drinking that much coffee, or any other liquid, in a short period of time, you're already going to be heading there anyways
I had a similar experience to your husband, but it was just my blood pressure and not a migraine or stroke or heart issue -- they ran all kinds of tests on me too. It happened to me twice in 10 days, and without rehashing the whole thing, yes, caffeine was definitely the reason.
I did regularly drink coffee, but on those two occasions I had a very large amount. I also think I've become sensitive to it. I love coffee, but I don't love what happened to me -- it was terrifying -- so I cut caffeine from my diet (and that includes decaf) and nothing else has happened. I never, never want to go through that again.0 -
Some people don't tolerate caffeine well but that's the exception, rather than the norm.2
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I went to the hospital a month ago because I had a severe reaction to caffeine. They talked to me about drinking enough water and said coffee and water are not the same as far as hydrating yourself.
Same here. I've never heard a doctor say that drinking pop (diet or otherwise) or sugary drinks has the same benefits as drinking water. I'm kinda surprised how many people on here that think if a drink has water as its base that it's just as good as drinking straight water. And I'm sure they will come back with stats to prove their reasoning for thinking that, but I'm just saying I've never had a doctor agree with the amount of diet soda I drink and my lack of water intake.
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