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cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Water is the only drink our body NEEDS, everything else is just preference the sooner you tune into that the better. Sweeteners.. sugars.. it’s all refined rubbish in my opinion.. water FTW!
You do realize that most drinks are somewhere around 99% water, right? Soda, tea, coffee, etc. Even milk (which has lots of vital nutrients in it) is somewhere around 90% water.
Unfortunately drinks like soda, tea, and coffee have caffeine in them, which dehydrate you...water by itself hydrates you. Also water has 0 calories. Nothing wrong with drinking other beverages (as long as they fit your caloric goals), but you can't beat good old H20. I drink a gallon of water a day.
Well...
The level of fluid retention in sodas and tea will depend on the caffeine content, which is why you'll notice coffee is lower than water. Interesting chart though, thanks for sharing. Either way, as I said, I aim for 1 gallon water per day, which equates to over 10 cans of soda. Don't think there's anything wrong with a few cans of soda, etc. but for me to hit my gallon of water/day, I need to rely mostly on actual water.
If it was dependent on caffeine, wouldn't water be higher than cola, diet cola, tea, and cold tea?
Not just caffeine, but I think that's one of the driving factors. It depends on how much you drink too. In small doses, caffeine fine, but too much can have a diuretic affect. Coffee typically has more caffeine than tea/soda, so I believe that's why it's lower on the BHI.
Guess what? Water is a diuretic.
Sorry, should've been more clear. I know everything you drink will make you urinate. I meant diuretic to the point where you're absorbing less than your intake. Not sure what the proper term is for that.
Dehydrating. Which drinks with caffine arent.
"Some studies show that caffeinated drinks such as tea are just as hydrating as water when consumed in moderate amounts. Caffeine may dehydrate you if you consume 500 mg or more per day."
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/524680-does-tea-have-a-dehydrating-effect/
It's typical that people consuming extremely high amounts of many things (including vegetables, protein, or even *water itself*) are at risk for side effects/health consequences that others consume more normal amounts don't have to worry about.
500 mg of caffeine from diet soda is a lot. We're not talking about typical daily consumption here even for people who are drinking a lot of diet soda.
The argument isn't just about diet soda. We're talking about all caffeinated beverages. 500mg isn't that difficult to hit. Just 1 venti blonde roast from Starbucks has 475mg of caffeine.
Actually this thread is about artificial sweeteners. Someone hijacked the thread to preach drinking nothing but pure water and now you are piling on with the caffeine tangent.
Even if a venti blonde roast acts as a diuretic, you are still adding water along with the caffeine so you will still have a net gain of water. So if your point is that no one should rely entirely on venti blonde roasts for hydration because the caffeine will make your heart explode before you take in a reasonable amount of hydration, I guess you may have a point.
None of that changes the fact that artificial sweeteners are fine, caffeine does not entirely negate the water it's carried in, and there is no scientifically accurate reason to drink only plain water. :drinker:9 -
I am not a sweets person. At best I see the artificial sweeteners as empty food value. At worst I wonder what role if any they play in type 2 diabetes. By role I mean if it can trick your taste buds I wonder if it fools any other organs. Anyway I don't do or need the research. I never use any sugar and am fine with plain old water or unsweetened ice tea.14
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cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Water is the only drink our body NEEDS, everything else is just preference the sooner you tune into that the better. Sweeteners.. sugars.. it’s all refined rubbish in my opinion.. water FTW!
You do realize that most drinks are somewhere around 99% water, right? Soda, tea, coffee, etc. Even milk (which has lots of vital nutrients in it) is somewhere around 90% water.
Unfortunately drinks like soda, tea, and coffee have caffeine in them, which dehydrate you...water by itself hydrates you. Also water has 0 calories. Nothing wrong with drinking other beverages (as long as they fit your caloric goals), but you can't beat good old H20. I drink a gallon of water a day.
Well...
The level of fluid retention in sodas and tea will depend on the caffeine content, which is why you'll notice coffee is lower than water. Interesting chart though, thanks for sharing. Either way, as I said, I aim for 1 gallon water per day, which equates to over 10 cans of soda. Don't think there's anything wrong with a few cans of soda, etc. but for me to hit my gallon of water/day, I need to rely mostly on actual water.
If it was dependent on caffeine, wouldn't water be higher than cola, diet cola, tea, and cold tea?
Not just caffeine, but I think that's one of the driving factors. It depends on how much you drink too. In small doses, caffeine fine, but too much can have a diuretic affect. Coffee typically has more caffeine than tea/soda, so I believe that's why it's lower on the BHI.
Guess what? Water is a diuretic.
Sorry, should've been more clear. I know everything you drink will make you urinate. I meant diuretic to the point where you're absorbing less than your intake. Not sure what the proper term is for that.
Dehydrating. Which drinks with caffine arent.
"Some studies show that caffeinated drinks such as tea are just as hydrating as water when consumed in moderate amounts. Caffeine may dehydrate you if you consume 500 mg or more per day."
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/524680-does-tea-have-a-dehydrating-effect/
It's typical that people consuming extremely high amounts of many things (including vegetables, protein, or even *water itself*) are at risk for side effects/health consequences that others consume more normal amounts don't have to worry about.
500 mg of caffeine from diet soda is a lot. We're not talking about typical daily consumption here even for people who are drinking a lot of diet soda.
The argument isn't just about diet soda. We're talking about all caffeinated beverages. 500mg isn't that difficult to hit. Just 1 venti blonde roast from Starbucks has 475mg of caffeine.
Actually this thread is about artificial sweeteners. Someone hijacked the thread to preach drinking nothing but pure water and now you are piling on with the caffeine tangent.
Even if a venti blonde roast acts as a diuretic, you are still adding water along with the caffeine so you will still have a net gain of water. So if your point is that no one should rely entirely on venti blonde roasts for hydration because the caffeine will make your heart explode before you take in a reasonable amount of hydration, I guess you may have a point.
None of that changes the fact that artificial sweeteners are fine, caffeine does not entirely negate the water it's carried in, and there is no scientifically accurate reason to drink only plain water. :drinker:
Additionally the dehydrating effect of caffeine is a one time effect after a period of avoidance. Someone who has it regularily becomes immune to the diuretic nature which leads you to believe its more of a shock response to excessive caffine spikes than the caffeine itself.4 -
I am not a sweets person. At best I see the artificial sweeteners as empty food value. At worst I wonder what role if any they play in type 2 diabetes. By role I mean if it can trick your taste buds I wonder if it fools any other organs. Anyway I don't do or need the research. I never use any sugar and am fine with plain old water or unsweetened ice tea.
I don't believe artificial sweeteners "trick" the taste buds, they legit taste sweet. Other stuff tastes sweet without having any sugar in it, like mint for example. Does chewing mint leaves cause diabetes too?
Insulin response is triggered by the actual presence of glucose in the blood. It doesn't have anything to do with sweetness.
There are diabetics all over the world pricking their fingers and monitoring their blood glucose levels several times a day, and they are routinely encouraged to switch to diet soda. If artificial sweeteners were "tricking" the insulin response, I think all of those diabetics would have noticed by now.5 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Water is the only drink our body NEEDS, everything else is just preference the sooner you tune into that the better. Sweeteners.. sugars.. it’s all refined rubbish in my opinion.. water FTW!
You do realize that most drinks are somewhere around 99% water, right? Soda, tea, coffee, etc. Even milk (which has lots of vital nutrients in it) is somewhere around 90% water.
Unfortunately drinks like soda, tea, and coffee have caffeine in them, which dehydrate you...water by itself hydrates you. Also water has 0 calories. Nothing wrong with drinking other beverages (as long as they fit your caloric goals), but you can't beat good old H20. I drink a gallon of water a day.
Well...
The level of fluid retention in sodas and tea will depend on the caffeine content, which is why you'll notice coffee is lower than water. Interesting chart though, thanks for sharing. Either way, as I said, I aim for 1 gallon water per day, which equates to over 10 cans of soda. Don't think there's anything wrong with a few cans of soda, etc. but for me to hit my gallon of water/day, I need to rely mostly on actual water.
If it was dependent on caffeine, wouldn't water be higher than cola, diet cola, tea, and cold tea?
Not just caffeine, but I think that's one of the driving factors. It depends on how much you drink too. In small doses, caffeine fine, but too much can have a diuretic affect. Coffee typically has more caffeine than tea/soda, so I believe that's why it's lower on the BHI.
Guess what? Water is a diuretic.
Sorry, should've been more clear. I know everything you drink will make you urinate. I meant diuretic to the point where you're absorbing less than your intake. Not sure what the proper term is for that.
Dehydrating. Which drinks with caffine arent.
"Some studies show that caffeinated drinks such as tea are just as hydrating as water when consumed in moderate amounts. Caffeine may dehydrate you if you consume 500 mg or more per day."
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/524680-does-tea-have-a-dehydrating-effect/
It's typical that people consuming extremely high amounts of many things (including vegetables, protein, or even *water itself*) are at risk for side effects/health consequences that others consume more normal amounts don't have to worry about.
500 mg of caffeine from diet soda is a lot. We're not talking about typical daily consumption here even for people who are drinking a lot of diet soda.
The argument isn't just about diet soda. We're talking about all caffeinated beverages. 500mg isn't that difficult to hit. Just 1 venti blonde roast from Starbucks has 475mg of caffeine.
Actually this thread is about artificial sweeteners. Someone hijacked the thread to preach drinking nothing but pure water and now you are piling on with the caffeine tangent.
Even if a venti blonde roast acts as a diuretic, you are still adding water along with the caffeine so you will still have a net gain of water. So if your point is that no one should rely entirely on venti blonde roasts for hydration because the caffeine will make your heart explode before you take in a reasonable amount of hydration, I guess you may have a point.
None of that changes the fact that artificial sweeteners are fine, caffeine does not entirely negate the water it's carried in, and there is no scientifically accurate reason to drink only plain water. :drinker:
It's very common for a thread to start with a specific question(s) and lead to additional follow-up questions. Part of normal conversation. In this case, OP mentioned that Stevia caused her to urinate frequently, which is how I think the hydration/water topic came up. Not sure why this is a problem.
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cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.5 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Water is the only drink our body NEEDS, everything else is just preference the sooner you tune into that the better. Sweeteners.. sugars.. it’s all refined rubbish in my opinion.. water FTW!
You do realize that most drinks are somewhere around 99% water, right? Soda, tea, coffee, etc. Even milk (which has lots of vital nutrients in it) is somewhere around 90% water.
Unfortunately drinks like soda, tea, and coffee have caffeine in them, which dehydrate you...water by itself hydrates you. Also water has 0 calories. Nothing wrong with drinking other beverages (as long as they fit your caloric goals), but you can't beat good old H20. I drink a gallon of water a day.
Well...
The level of fluid retention in sodas and tea will depend on the caffeine content, which is why you'll notice coffee is lower than water. Interesting chart though, thanks for sharing. Either way, as I said, I aim for 1 gallon water per day, which equates to over 10 cans of soda. Don't think there's anything wrong with a few cans of soda, etc. but for me to hit my gallon of water/day, I need to rely mostly on actual water.
If it was dependent on caffeine, wouldn't water be higher than cola, diet cola, tea, and cold tea?
Not just caffeine, but I think that's one of the driving factors. It depends on how much you drink too. In small doses, caffeine fine, but too much can have a diuretic affect. Coffee typically has more caffeine than tea/soda, so I believe that's why it's lower on the BHI.
Guess what? Water is a diuretic.
Sorry, should've been more clear. I know everything you drink will make you urinate. I meant diuretic to the point where you're absorbing less than your intake. Not sure what the proper term is for that.
Dehydrating. Which drinks with caffine arent.
"Some studies show that caffeinated drinks such as tea are just as hydrating as water when consumed in moderate amounts. Caffeine may dehydrate you if you consume 500 mg or more per day."
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/524680-does-tea-have-a-dehydrating-effect/
It's typical that people consuming extremely high amounts of many things (including vegetables, protein, or even *water itself*) are at risk for side effects/health consequences that others consume more normal amounts don't have to worry about.
500 mg of caffeine from diet soda is a lot. We're not talking about typical daily consumption here even for people who are drinking a lot of diet soda.
The argument isn't just about diet soda. We're talking about all caffeinated beverages. 500mg isn't that difficult to hit. Just 1 venti blonde roast from Starbucks has 475mg of caffeine.
This thread is about diet soda, specifically the sweeteners in them. It's not about caffeine at all actually. The typical person drinking diet soda doesn't have to worry about consuming 500 mg of caffeine from them so I don't understand why you are hyperfocused on edge cases.3 -
There are a lot of sodas that don't have caffeine. Colas have caffeine...most other sodas do not, with the exception of Mt. Dew0
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janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.4 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.5 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Water is the only drink our body NEEDS, everything else is just preference the sooner you tune into that the better. Sweeteners.. sugars.. it’s all refined rubbish in my opinion.. water FTW!
You do realize that most drinks are somewhere around 99% water, right? Soda, tea, coffee, etc. Even milk (which has lots of vital nutrients in it) is somewhere around 90% water.
Unfortunately drinks like soda, tea, and coffee have caffeine in them, which dehydrate you...water by itself hydrates you. Also water has 0 calories. Nothing wrong with drinking other beverages (as long as they fit your caloric goals), but you can't beat good old H20. I drink a gallon of water a day.
Well...
The level of fluid retention in sodas and tea will depend on the caffeine content, which is why you'll notice coffee is lower than water. Interesting chart though, thanks for sharing. Either way, as I said, I aim for 1 gallon water per day, which equates to over 10 cans of soda. Don't think there's anything wrong with a few cans of soda, etc. but for me to hit my gallon of water/day, I need to rely mostly on actual water.
If it was dependent on caffeine, wouldn't water be higher than cola, diet cola, tea, and cold tea?
Not just caffeine, but I think that's one of the driving factors. It depends on how much you drink too. In small doses, caffeine fine, but too much can have a diuretic affect. Coffee typically has more caffeine than tea/soda, so I believe that's why it's lower on the BHI.
Guess what? Water is a diuretic.
Sorry, should've been more clear. I know everything you drink will make you urinate. I meant diuretic to the point where you're absorbing less than your intake. Not sure what the proper term is for that.
Dehydrating. Which drinks with caffine arent.
"Some studies show that caffeinated drinks such as tea are just as hydrating as water when consumed in moderate amounts. Caffeine may dehydrate you if you consume 500 mg or more per day."
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/524680-does-tea-have-a-dehydrating-effect/
It's typical that people consuming extremely high amounts of many things (including vegetables, protein, or even *water itself*) are at risk for side effects/health consequences that others consume more normal amounts don't have to worry about.
500 mg of caffeine from diet soda is a lot. We're not talking about typical daily consumption here even for people who are drinking a lot of diet soda.
The argument isn't just about diet soda. We're talking about all caffeinated beverages. 500mg isn't that difficult to hit. Just 1 venti blonde roast from Starbucks has 475mg of caffeine.
Actually this thread is about artificial sweeteners. Someone hijacked the thread to preach drinking nothing but pure water and now you are piling on with the caffeine tangent.
Even if a venti blonde roast acts as a diuretic, you are still adding water along with the caffeine so you will still have a net gain of water. So if your point is that no one should rely entirely on venti blonde roasts for hydration because the caffeine will make your heart explode before you take in a reasonable amount of hydration, I guess you may have a point.
None of that changes the fact that artificial sweeteners are fine, caffeine does not entirely negate the water it's carried in, and there is no scientifically accurate reason to drink only plain water. :drinker:
It's very common for a thread to start with a specific question(s) and lead to additional follow-up questions. Part of normal conversation. In this case, OP mentioned that Stevia caused her to urinate frequently, which is how I think the hydration/water topic came up. Not sure why this is a problem.
Except that's not what happened here. One poster hijacked the thread and led it into an argument about why you should only drink water. Has absolutely nothing to do with the OP or her questions. If you'd like to debate the drawbacks and benefits of different beverages on hydration, perhaps you and @kazane1 should start your own thread in the Debate section.
OP was asking about people's experiences with diet soda, and said she asked because stevia causes her BP to drop and frequent urination. She said nothing about hydration or caffeine or anything other than people's experiences with diet soda.6 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.
She only has frequent urination when she consumes stevia. Dehydration isn't a typical concern for her (unless she just hasn't shared it yet). It's your concern, one that you are projecting on her.6 -
My dad was diagnosed with diabetes in 1997. He drinks coffee with Equal and Diet Coke every day. Neither one has an effect on his blood sugar.I am not a sweets person. At best I see the artificial sweeteners as empty food value. At worst I wonder what role if any they play in type 2 diabetes. By role I mean if it can trick your taste buds I wonder if it fools any other organs. Anyway I don't do or need the research. I never use any sugar and am fine with plain old water or unsweetened ice tea.
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janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.
She only has frequent urination when she consumes stevia. Dehydration isn't a typical concern for her (unless she just hasn't shared it yet). It's your concern, one that you are projecting on her.
So basically what you're saying is that no one is allowed to deviate at all from the exact question from the OP? If somebody posted "Is it better to smoke cigarettes before or after a workout?", I have to either answer "before" or "after", but if I said something like cigarettes cause lung cancer, it would be a good idea to quit, I'm somehow breaking the rules of the MFP message boards? I don't understand why this is such a big deal.10 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.
She only has frequent urination when she consumes stevia. Dehydration isn't a typical concern for her (unless she just hasn't shared it yet). It's your concern, one that you are projecting on her.
So basically what you're saying is that no one is allowed to deviate at all from the exact question from the OP? If somebody posted "Is it better to smoke cigarettes before or after a workout?", I have to either answer "before" or "after", but if I said something like cigarettes cause lung cancer, it would be a good idea to quit, I'm somehow breaking the rules of the MFP message boards? I don't understand why this is such a big deal.
You know, I was in the middle of answering your question seriously, but if you're comparing drinking a diet coke to smoking a cigarette . . . I just can't take that seriously. You're talking about two completely different things.
If you want to go into threads warning people you think they're in danger of dehydration if they consume mega-amounts of diet soda,go ahead. If you think that's a realistic threat to their wellbeing, why do you care that I disagree? I'm not a mod and my opinion on the helpfulness and relevance of your posts isn't something that you're obligated to consider.11 -
janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.
She only has frequent urination when she consumes stevia. Dehydration isn't a typical concern for her (unless she just hasn't shared it yet). It's your concern, one that you are projecting on her.
So basically what you're saying is that no one is allowed to deviate at all from the exact question from the OP? If somebody posted "Is it better to smoke cigarettes before or after a workout?", I have to either answer "before" or "after", but if I said something like cigarettes cause lung cancer, it would be a good idea to quit, I'm somehow breaking the rules of the MFP message boards? I don't understand why this is such a big deal.
You know, I was in the middle of answering your question seriously, but if you're comparing drinking a diet coke to smoking a cigarette . . . I just can't take that seriously. You're talking about two completely different things.
If you want to go into threads warning people you think they're in danger of dehydration if they consume mega-amounts of diet soda,go ahead. If you think that's a realistic threat to their wellbeing, why do you care that I disagree? I'm not a mod and my opinion on the helpfulness and relevance of your posts isn't something that you're obligated to consider.
You're the one that keeps commenting on my posts. In simple terms, I said, frequent urination, oh drink plenty of water to make sure you're hydrated and you've been going on and on about whether or not that was an appropriate post for this thread.
I'm the one that's actually trying to offer what I think might be valuable advice to the OP, not criticizing the relevancy of other people's posts.11 -
cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
NopeThe available literature suggests that acute ingestion of caffeine in large doses (at least 250–300 mg, equivalent to the amount found in 2–3 cups of coffee or 5–8 cups of tea) results in a short‐term stimulation of urine output in individuals who have been deprived of caffeine for a period of days or weeks. A profound tolerance to the diuretic and other effects of caffeine develops, however, and the actions are much diminished in individuals who regularly consume tea or coffee. Doses of caffeine equivalent to the amount normally found in standard servings of tea, coffee and carbonated soft drinks appear to have no diuretic action.
Conclusion The most ecologically valid of the published studies offers no support for the suggestion that consumption of caffeine‐containing beverages as part of a normal lifestyle leads to fluid loss in excess of the volume ingested or is associated with poor hydration status. Therefore, there would appear to be no clear basis for refraining from caffeine containing drinks in situations where fluid balance might be compromised.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-277X.2003.00477.x
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cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »cthakkar1985 wrote: »
Also, I bet this study was done with 1 serving. Try drinking 10 cups of tea with caffeine in them - I'm pretty sure you'll have a diuretic response and end up dehydrated.
I dont think you understand what a diuretic is or how dehydration works. If you drank tea with caffeine in a desert would you die ?
Never said drinking tea would kill you. I understand you could live off of it even if that was your only source of water.
My main point is that for someone trying to get a lot of water (1 gallon/day like I do), it's difficult to do it without actually drinking a ton of pure water. That's just my personal take. If others can get that much water by drinking other liquids/or even foods, more power to them.
Then it is hydrating.
If you drank 1 gallon of tea your body would absorb 1 gallon of water. personal takes and opinions have nothing to do with it.
This depends on how much caffeine is in your tea. In moderate doses, there is no evidence of dehydration from caffeine, I'll give you that point. Some studies show that over 500mg of caffeine do have a dehydrating affect. Let me define what I mean by dehydrating. Basically, if you drank 1 gallon of tea, you wouldn't absorb 1 gallon of water. 1 gallon of tea = 16 cups, which could easily put you over the 500mg caffeine threshold depending on the type of tea.
To my understanding, 500 mg of caffeine is outside of the generally accepted safe range for adults. It seems like you're trying to use "edge cases" of extreme caffeine consumption to make your case. That's more than 10 cans of soda. Other than extreme caffeine consumption where the amount of caffeine itself would be causing a problem for many people, it doesn't seem to be an issue so I'm unclear why you're bringing it up in a thread that is focusing on normal consumption of diet soda.
Not sure if you followed along with the whole thread. Somebody stated that drinking 1 gallon (16 cups) of tea is equivalent to drinking 1 gallon of water each day. My main point is that I think it's fine to drink tea, soda, diet soda, juices, beer, wine, whatever you want. I find it difficult to get to my goal of absorbing 1 gallon of water a day without the majority of my intake coming from actual water. To be clear, I drink coffee, tea, beer, etc. but mostly I drink water due to it having 0 calories and no potential side effects of drinking too much of it as opposed to most other drinks (whether the side effects are because of too much sugar, calories, caffeine, etc.)
I followed along the whole thread. I'm not sure why your personal goal of "absorbing" 1 gallon of water is relevant to the conversation at all.
Because OP mentioned that Stevia causes her to urinate frequently, so dehydration may be something of concern for her.
I'm saying my personal goal since we're discussing the topic of staying hydrated. It's like if we were talking about protein intake and I said my goal is 1g/lb of body weight. Not sure what the problem is here.
I believe OP's concern was about frequent and urgent urination -- that's a different issue than staying hydrated. Did I miss where she shared her concern was dehydration and not specifically the frequent and urgent urination?
Dehydration is a common side effect of frequent urination. Decided to go above and beyond and provide advice on this as well. Kind of like extra credit.
She only has frequent urination when she consumes stevia. Dehydration isn't a typical concern for her (unless she just hasn't shared it yet). It's your concern, one that you are projecting on her.
So basically what you're saying is that no one is allowed to deviate at all from the exact question from the OP? If somebody posted "Is it better to smoke cigarettes before or after a workout?", I have to either answer "before" or "after", but if I said something like cigarettes cause lung cancer, it would be a good idea to quit, I'm somehow breaking the rules of the MFP message boards? I don't understand why this is such a big deal.
You know, I was in the middle of answering your question seriously, but if you're comparing drinking a diet coke to smoking a cigarette . . . I just can't take that seriously. You're talking about two completely different things.
If you want to go into threads warning people you think they're in danger of dehydration if they consume mega-amounts of diet soda,go ahead. If you think that's a realistic threat to their wellbeing, why do you care that I disagree? I'm not a mod and my opinion on the helpfulness and relevance of your posts isn't something that you're obligated to consider.
You're the one that keeps commenting on my posts. In simple terms, I said, frequent urination, oh drink plenty of water to make sure you're hydrated and you've been going on and on about whether or not that was an appropriate post for this thread.
I'm the one that's actually trying to offer what I think might be valuable advice to the OP, not criticizing the relevancy of other people's posts.
I'm participating in a thread. If you don't feel we need to focus on OP's actual stated concerns and you don't wish to respond to my posts, you're free to ignore me.3
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