Does coffee count for water?

goingmodern

Why does it matter? Just drink your water, and enjoy your coffee, too.

Amen!

savage22hp

Anyone on here ever heard of chemistry? Just sayin'

This thread is not one about relationships , sorry for the misunderstanding .

meerkat70

Anyone on here ever heard of chemistry? Just sayin'

Yes, but it doesn't go as well as the Ford Cortina.

Dave198lbs

Why does it matter? Just drink your water, and enjoy your coffee, too.

Amen!

no religion please

goingmodern

My rule is: If you can't see through it in a clear glass, you can't count it as water.
While it will hydrate you, plain water will help the most.

I can see through a giant glass of vodka perfectly! I just wanted to point that out. :-)

LOL! And do you count that giant glass of vodka as part of your daily water intake? LOL

kennethmgreen

I have always been curious about this as well. So basically everyone seems to be 50/50. Only one person has come back with actual articles regarding this. Guess I will go with their opinion or maybe I will just continue to be curious about this topic. LOL

It's not opinion.

Coffee is not water.

Flour is not bread.

Chicken is not beef.

...it's not rocket science.

These are not accurate analogies.

If you are counting how many servings of water you consume, you would count coffee, because coffee contains water.

If you were counting how many servings of flour you consumed, then you would count bread, because bread has flour in it.

If you were counting how many servings of meat you consume, you could count chicken, because it is meat.

It really isn't rocket science! :flowerforyou:

Oh dear, you're grossly overthinking my comment.

These things are similar, but not equal. Very basic concept. No complex analogy of what contains what.

So no, it really isn't rocket science.

Just curious: soda contains water. Do you count it as water?

Dear is only overthinking your comment in the sense that you underthunk it.

_GlaDOS_ is actually on the right track.

This whole coffee is not water - taken literally - is a silly debate (even worse than muscle v. fat). Coffee is fluid that contains water that hydrates the body. Yes, we get it. Coffee is not water. Just like elephants are not dessert.

Soda, coffee (java!) contain water. Nutritionally speaking, they count as FLUID intake. The problem is that MFP labels it water, and some interpret that as fluid/hydration, while others interpret that as clean neat water.

Continuing to debate whether coffee = water is about as productive as arguing over grammar mistakes. The hydration issue is interesting, at least. There are actual studies and evidence whether coffee (and other drinks) can hydrate your body, and where the 8 cups a day idea came from. Smart MFPeeps have provided plenty of resources.

savage22hp

Tomato - 94% water
Apple - 91% water
Orange - 79% water
Water melon - 92% water
The water content of most fruits and vegetables - 70 - 95 % of their weight
All can hydrate you , would be very beneficial to the body for nutrients and hydration if no other source of water could be found .



My apologies to the O.P , this indeed has gone on way to long .Drink any source of fluid that you have available to hydrate you , it will all be beneficial to you to varying degrees depending on what else is in the water . Guidelines are to point you to the right direction with you the user determining what will best work for you . Good Luck ! .... ( now back to my studies of all fluids to see if I can truly recommend water as the best source of hydration , still hoping for a researcher to contact me )

goron59

If you're curious about how many cups of water we should drink, and whether that means how hydrated we should be vs how many cups of actual water we should drink, look at other mammals and what they do.

Eg, a dolphin. How many cups of water does a dolphin drink? None. In fact, salt water dolphins don't drink water at all. They get all their hydration from the food they eat.

_VoV

If you're curious about how many cups of water we should drink, and whether that means how hydrated we should be vs how many cups of actual water we should drink, look at other mammals and what they do.

Eg, a dolphin. How many cups of water does a dolphin drink? None. In fact, salt water dolphins don't drink water at all. They get all their hydration from the food they eat.

Exactly!

bcattoes

how can anyone "detest" plain water. good clean water has no taste. you need to check your water supply.

This is why my husband says he doesn't like plain water, because it has no taste.