water intake, what counts?

Feisty_one
Feisty_one Posts: 81 Member
in Food and Nutrition
hi,
im drinking about 5 cups of green tea a day plus a pint of water, would the green tea count towards my water intake seen as its calorie free?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Water is H2O....when you change the molecular structure, it is no longer "water"...that said, just stay hydrated....
  • tquill
    tquill Posts: 300 Member
    If that were the case, diet sodas don't have any calories either... but I'm not sure I'd consider it "water."

    I'll admit that I do drink diet sodas every once in a while (one can every few days), but I mostly drink water.

    With that said, I never use the water tracker on MFP... I just try to drink a lot of water throughout the day.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    It really depends on what your goals are. If your goal is to simply stay hydrated, then don't worry about drinking an arbitrary number of glasses of water per day, and go by other sighs of hydration. The number one sign that I've seen has to do with pee color - pale yellow to clear is good, darker means you need to up your intake.

    Mayo Clinic has a good article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

    ETA: When I used to log my water, I would only log plain water.

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