Do all liquids I swallow count towards hydration?

_Terrapin_

Dr I. P. Freely recommends not wasting time and effort counting drinks and just use this....

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+colour+charts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sVefU6jwCqiJ7AaGt4DACw&sqi=2&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=628

Thought he was a writer of books and what not. Didn't he write Yellow Streams? Oh well, glad to see his worked toward his doctorate.

brower47

Dr I. P. Freely recommends not wasting time and effort counting drinks and just use this....

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+colour+charts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sVefU6jwCqiJ7AaGt4DACw&sqi=2&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=628

Thought he was a writer of books and what not. Didn't he write Yellow Streams? Oh well, glad to see his worked toward his doctorate.

His follow up book was On Golden Showers.

SomeNights246

Caffeine dehydrates you so you should not count that. In fact you may need to drink more water to compensate

I am going to correct myself. I did some research and it appears my info was outdated and caffeine only dehydrates if you drink it in excess.

Yup, yup.

When I survived off nothing but pop, I was constantly dehydrated. Like, even 'dry skin around the nose' dehydrated. Now, I drink coffee and/or diet soda daily and I'm pretty dang hydrated. I find that a diet Mtn dew will hydrate me now fairly well.

Everything is bad in excess.

That said, I don't really count soda myself. But I have noticed a trend. I average 8-10 cups of water a day. If I drink 2 cups of soda, my water will be at 6-8.

iPlatano

In for swallowing liquids...


















for hydration.

Ohai!!!!