Can you count tea as water if there's no milk?

sylverkat

I drink a lot of teas. Green, Pu'reh, roobios, white. If I am not adding milk, sugar or anything to this...can it be counted as water? I kinda think yes.....

SnowWhite824

I would think so, but look at the back of the package and see what it says.

HMonsterX

Does the tea turn into a solid food with zero water content when you add milk? I'm sure you still drink it, so yes, it counts towards your daily fluid intake.

You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/


As for coffee being a diuretic, so many people just spout that word as a reason, without actually understanding what "diuretic" means.

di·u·ret·ic (d-rtk)
adj.
Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
n.
A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.

Neat water is also a diuretic. The diuretic effect of caffeine is far, far outweighed by the actual water in the tea/coffee. Also, regular consumers of caffeinated beverages will build up a tolerance to said effect, eventually reaching the point where caffeinated drinks provide practically the same amount of hydration as a cup of neat water will.


http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/46361-coffee-makes-dehydrated-say-what

http://worldofcaffeine.com/2011/06/14/caffeine-does-not-dehydrate/

http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/04/surprise-caffeinated-tea-does-not-dehydrate-you/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html

http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-caffeine-dehydrate-not

http://www.artofdrink.com/2009/12/caffeine-in-coffee-does-not-increase-dehydration-during-hangovers.php

http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/do-caffeinated-beverages-cause-dehydration.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5552790&page=1#.TrQWc0O5_oo

Benji49

I count it as water, but I also log it so that the sodium and calorie levels are accurate

CAHRD

It definitely counts as FLUID, but tea is not water. I go by what my Mom always said, "Only pure water counts as water." I drink tea too, but never count it as my "water" intake when I'm logging.

KrisPage

I record it in my food not water
I only count 0 calories no sugar no caffine clear water.

Grokette

I drink a lot of teas. Green, Pu'reh, roobios, white. If I am not adding milk, sugar or anything to this...can it be counted as water? I kinda think yes.....

No.

Water = water........

Water + Tea bag = Tea, not water.

Tzippy7

i log herbal tea as water but not green or black