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    Do ALL teas count as water ?

    Posts: 2,384 Member
    edited February 8 in Food and Nutrition
    I drink a LOT of chai tea lattes. Yes, this is a serious question.

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    • Posts: 5,769 Member
      Any liquid "counts" as water. Tea, coffee, soda, juice, milk, soup, etc. Most food you eat contains water as well. An apple is 85% water. Tracking fluid intake is really pointless. If your urine is pale yellow then you're hydrated. It's that simple.
    • Posts: 32 Member
      So I guess what I want to know is, are asking so you can track your fluid intake or are you asking because you want know if you should count it against caloric intake? Like Mokey41 said, yeah - technically, tea is a fluid, and thus can be counted as water, but teas do have calories, and chai lattes tend to be the most caloric tea depending on what you put in it (aka how much milk/sugar).
    • Posts: 453 Member
      Chai latte's are known to be very high in sugar and calories. Especially the one's made at Starbucks. I'm not sure if you can make them at home ( I drink black tea without sugar)
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      I would count it as water but you also better be counting those calories. I love Chai Tea Lattes but far too many calories for me!
    • Posts: 116
      Any liquid "counts" as water. Tea, coffee, soda, juice, milk, soup, etc. Most food you eat contains water as well. An apple is 85% water. Tracking fluid intake is really pointless. If your urine is pale yellow then you're hydrated. It's that simple.
    • Posts: 7,436 Member
      log it as water

      also log the calories in it
    • Posts: 108 Member
      I drink a lot of tea also...and even though it "counts" as water I don't count it because I usually add honey or agave nectar or almond milk to it. And while it may be "pointless" to track water intake, I like to track the actual plain water I drink daily :smile:!
    • Posts: 14,517 Member
      Chai latte's are known to be very high in sugar and calories. Especially the one's made at Starbucks. I'm not sure if you can make them at home ( I drink black tea without sugar)


      My "skinny" chai latte is Stash Chai or Bigelow Chai with milk & sugar added. I had a Starbucks one (once) OMG was that sweet. Making my own allows me to use skim milk & (way) less sugar.

      Yes - tea counts as water. Try to cut back on the sugar if you can.......maintenance will be a b*tch with lots of sugar.
    • Posts: 405 Member
      So long as your pee looks like watered down lemonade, you're fine.

      I'm assuming you're referring to hydration, but as others have said, log the calories.
    • Posts: 3,161 Member
      Any liquid "counts" as water. Tea, coffee, soda, juice, milk, soup, etc. Most food you eat contains water as well. An apple is 85% water. Tracking fluid intake is really pointless. If your urine is pale yellow then you're hydrated. It's that simple.

      No, it does not...............

      Other liquids are just other fluids but they are no longer water.

      We should be drinking at least 64 ounces of pure water per day in addition to what other fluids we are intaking.


      All of these comments are so misguided. Ugh.
    • Posts: 453 Member
      For me, I only count actual plain water as my water intake. I don't consider tea, coffee or even flavored enhanced water in my diary as water intake.
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      log it as water

      also log the calories in it

      This
    • Posts: 3,161 Member
      For me, I only count actual plain water as my water intake. I don't consider tea, coffee or even flavored enhanced water in my diary as water intake.

      Thank you...............someone else that exhibits some common sense.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
      So I guess what I want to know is, are asking so you can track your fluid intake or are you asking because you want know if you should count it against caloric intake? Like Mokey41 said, yeah - technically, tea is a fluid, and thus can be counted as water, but teas do have calories, and chai lattes tend to be the most caloric tea depending on what you put in it (aka how much milk/sugar).
      In simple terms, you can check a "water" but count the calories, also.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
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      Thank you...............someone else that exhibits some common sense.

      That ... is the opposite of common sense.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
      Other liquids are just other fluids but they are no longer water.

      So when I pour 8 oz of boiling water in a mug and add something to it, what does the water "become"?

      Is it OK for me to drink a glass of water and then eat a tea bag or does it cease to be water if I do that?
    • Posts: 3,562 Member

      We should be drinking at least 64 ounces of pure water per day in addition to what other fluids we are intaking.

      Do you drink that much distilled water? Even distillation does not remove everything which is not dihydrogen monoxide.


      *edited for chemistry fail* ;)
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    • Posts: 3,161 Member
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      That ... is the opposite of common sense.

      Anyone with some common sense knows that beverages other than water are NOT water and should not be treated as such.

      I will not debate with anyone. Ask a Dr, dietician, nutritionist, etc. They will all tell you the same. I see a registered dietician and that is the very first thing she told me. Coffee, tea, soda and juice are NOT water. Do not count them.

      Water is water. Period. She said exercise a little common sense.
    • Posts: 588 Member
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      So when I pour 8 oz of boiling water in a mug and add something to it, what does the water "become"?

      Is it OK for me to drink a glass of water and then eat a tea bag or does it cease to be water if I do that?

      Depends whether you have one of those special automatic "water only" sections in your stomach.
    • Posts: 3,161 Member
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      So when I pour 8 oz of boiling water in a mug and add something to it, what does the water "become"?

      Is it OK for me to drink a glass of water and then eat a tea bag or does it cease to be water if I do that?

      Water + a tea bag is tea. You are not that narrow minded.
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      Do you drink that much distilled water? Even distillation does not remove everything which is not hydrogen monoxide.

      .

      I drink over a gallon of water every day for skin and organ health.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
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      Water + a tea bag is tea. You are not that narrow minded.
      Well, yes, we call it tea. But how does the water you added cease to be water? That's what you're saying, that the water isn't water because it's tea. But what is tea mostly made of? Why doesn't it count?
    • Posts: 2,558 Member
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      No, it does not...............

      Other liquids are just other fluids but they are no longer water.

      We should be drinking at least 64 ounces of pure water per day in addition to what other fluids we are intaking.


      All of these comments are so misguided. Ugh.

      Actually I think you'll find others consider you just as misguided.

      All fluid hydrates. It doesn't matter what's been steeped in it or added to it. Even with caffeinated drinks the fluid added to the body outweighs the diuretic effect.

      Besides anything else, what makes you think that the pure water you drink along with your meal is not mixing with the food you eat? How does that make it any more pure than apple juice or coffee, which are effective water with stuff mixed in?

      Your body needs hydration. It doesn't care particularly about the source.
    • Posts: 3,562 Member

      I drink over a gallon of water every day for skin and organ health.

      But is it pure dihydrogen monoxide??


      *edited for chemistry fail* ;)
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
      Ask a Dr, dietician, nutritionist, etc. They will all tell you the same.

      My grandmother was a doctor, I have several friends and relatives who are doctors, an aunt who is a dietician (master's degree) and I can't even count the number of nurses in my family and circle of friends.

      None of them say that.
    • Posts: 12,142 Member
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      Anyone with some common sense knows that beverages other than water are NOT water and should not be treated as such.

      I will not debate with anyone. Ask a Dr, dietician, nutritionist, etc. They will all tell you the same. I see a registered dietician and that is the very first thing she told me. Coffee, tea, soda and juice are NOT water. Do not count them.

      Water is water. Period. She said exercise a little common sense.

      Appeal to authority

      Sparkling water? not water obviously
    • Posts: 3,161 Member
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      Well, yes, we call it tea. But how does the water you added cease to be water? That's what you're saying, that the water isn't water because it's tea. But what is tea mostly made of? Why doesn't it count?

      It is made with water but it can't be counted as water because water is merely one of the ingredients as it is altered the moment you add the tea bag. You can't say you are drinking water because you are drinking TEA.

      You all do what you want to do. I will continue doing what my mom's kidney Dr always told her and what my dietician and my Dr's now tell me.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
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      It is made with water but it can't be counted as water because water is merely one of the ingredients as it is altered the moment you add the tea bag. You can't say you are drinking water because you are drinking TEA.

      You all do what you want to do. I will continue doing what my mom's kidney Dr always told her and what my dietician and my Dr's now tell me.
      So when you add a tea bag, it isn't H2O anymore? What is it?

      And why can't I count it if it's tea, but I can count it if I drink the water and eat the teabag after?
    • Posts: 2,712 Member
      I do what I want.

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    • Posts: 3,161 Member
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      My grandmother was a doctor, I have several friends and relatives who are doctors, an aunt who is a dietician (master's degree) and I can't even count the number of nurses in my family and circle of friends.

      None of them say that.

      Like I believe internet posters. I will believe the Registered Dietician I go see, the Endocrinologist and Neurologist I see and my mom's old Nephrologist.
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