Water intake

menostar1
menostar1 Posts: 4 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Should I count my 700 mL of water to my 2 scoops of protein in my shaker as water intake?

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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    Not sure the "official" answer, but personally I would.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,930 Member
    Any fluid counts, regardless of it being coffee, water, fluid in fruit and veg, soups, etc. As long as your urine is pale yellow you're having enough fluid.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    It's up to you, whichever helps you best achieve your personal goals.
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    I used to log water, but only water. I figured that any drinks with calories were logged elsewhere in my diary, and that I was getting a bunch of fluids from things I'd never even consider logging as water (soup, juicy fruits, veg like cucumbers that are high in water, etc.).

    I did log water because I had a tendency to forget and therefore under-consume it. Once I got good habits in place, I stopped logging it at all.

    There's no specific amount of water that everyone needs to drink . . . or even specific amount of fluids everyone needs to consume. Lots of things affect hydration needs: How much a person sweats, climate, nature of job (vigorous or no, indoor/outdoor, etc.), some details of individual physiology, aspects of diet (like how much fiber is consumed). I pay attention to physical signs like thirst, digestive throughput, fatigue, etc., and keep an eye on urine color as a backstop. (Urine should be pale or light bright yellow, not dark.)
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,228 Member
    If I were tracking water intake (I am not) I would absolutely count it. As @yirara said, your body can utilize the water from any beverages or foods you consume. There's probably not a good way to track how much water you get from a mandarin orange or an apple or even a bowl of soup. Coffee counts even though it's a diuretic. It's still fluid. Some people go nuts and have a goal to drink a gallon a day. That's generally not necessary, and in some cases dangerous.

    But...

    yirara wrote: »
    Any fluid counts, regardless of it being coffee, water, fluid in fruit and veg, soups, etc. As long as your urine is pale yellow you're having enough fluid.

    Unless you take B-vitamins (specifically B-2) or a multi-vitamin that contains it. In that case, you'll have yellow urine. If you eat lots of beets, that can add some color too that might be scary if you're not expecting it. If it interests you, check out the graphic on this page: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/313779#colors

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