Does black caffeinated coffee count as daily water

GoMizzou99
GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone asked this question of their doctor or a nutritionist?
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  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    When I saw a nutritionist she mentioned coffee as being a separate beverage, although black coffee has no sugar and hardly any calories (if any at all) so adding it in addition to your daily water shouldn't be a big deal. But, no, it won't substitute as water.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    Yep. :)
  • stephenatl09
    stephenatl09 Posts: 186 Member
    I was told by my Doctor that any drink such as coffee, tea and/or sodas count as water.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    It does count as water intake yes according to the scientists!!!
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Typically, anything with caffeine in it is likely to dehydrate you, and to drink equal amounts of water. My vote is on no, it's not part of your daily water.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    No because it is a diuretic.

    Wrong. Where do you get this information? It does not make you pee any more so than any other liquid.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    I was told by my Doctor that any drink such as coffee, tea and/or sodas count as water.

    Your doctor told you soda counts as water? Really?
  • miss_magzy
    miss_magzy Posts: 58 Member
    technically for every cup of coffee you have, you should be drinking an extra cup of water bc the coffee dehydrates you .
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    No. Water is water. If it is black and has caffeine in it, then it is coffee.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    I've posted this dozens and dozens of times on MFP and I'm posting it again here for you all. Read, learn, and be amazed.

    Why the 8 glasses of water a day is a MYTH:

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    No. Water is water. If it is black and has caffeine in it, then it is coffee.

    This is wrong. Science is science. Read the article I posted.

    I really wish people on this site would stop posting things that are scientifically wrong.
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    I've posted this dozens and dozens of times on MFP and I'm posting it again here for you all. Read, learn, and be amazed.

    Why the 8 glasses of water a day is a MYTH:

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

    I like this article because it gave me the answer I wanted!
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    I've posted this dozens and dozens of times on MFP and I'm posting it again here for you all. Read, learn, and be amazed.

    Why the 8 glasses of water a day is a MYTH:

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

    I like this article because it gave me the answer I wanted!

    GLAD to help. Love science!!!!!!!!!
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    technically for every cup of coffee you have, you should be drinking an extra cup of water bc the coffee dehydrates you .

    NOPE
  • WickedMouse
    WickedMouse Posts: 343 Member
    ok, I will share this one more time...

    Coffee... Log it as Coffee
    Tea .... Log it as Tea
    Soda / Pop .... Log it as Soda / Pop
    Apple Juice .... Log it as Apple Juice
    Milk..... Log it as Milk
    Water.... Hello log THAT as Water

    Its really not that difficult to remember that. Why must you try and give yourself "excuses". Water is Water is Water.
  • tnrunningnurse
    tnrunningnurse Posts: 549 Member
    According to the Mayo clinic web site it only has a diuretic effect if consumed in large quantities ie; 5-7 cups daily.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    No because it is a diuretic.

    Wrong. Where do you get this information? It does not make you pee any more so than any other liquid.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee#Laxative.2Fdiuretic
  • I1ahunt
    I1ahunt Posts: 72
    Old school answer is Coffee is a diuretic and therefore can not replace water.......new school theory which your Doc apparently subscribes to, is that all fluids are effectively diuretics and coffee in small amounts (5 or less cups a day) can be counted against your daily fluid intake......My own personal opinion is that anything not as pure as water does not count against my fluid intake, but does get counted in my calroie intake.....if you google "is coffe a diuretic?" you will get professional arguements on both sides of the issue. It seems, much like everything else in the wolrd, no one can agree.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    I've posted this dozens and dozens of times on MFP and I'm posting it again here for you all. Read, learn, and be amazed.

    Why the 8 glasses of water a day is a MYTH:

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

    I like this article because it gave me the answer I wanted!

    So you were only looking for what you wanted to hear not what was really the best thing for you?
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
    Yes and no. Caffeine dehydrates you by acting as a diuretic but that's only if you consume LARGE quantities of it. By large, I mean 5-7 cups of coffee, 10 cokes (which you shouldn't be drinking anyway), 4-5 energy drinks... etc..

    Needless to say, a cup or two of straight black coffee won't cause you to be dehydrated. Yes.. you can count it as water.
  • I1ahunt
    I1ahunt Posts: 72
    No because it is a diuretic.

    Wrong. Where do you get this information? It does not make you pee any more so than any other liquid.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee#Laxative.2Fdiuretic


    http://www.topendsports.com/nutrition/coffee.htm
  • rbegay
    rbegay Posts: 5
    That article was very helpful. I've been feeling guilty trying to get all that water down during the day. That's a LOT of water to be drinking.
  • tenas
    tenas Posts: 121
    No. Water is water. If it is black and has caffeine in it, then it is coffee.

    This is wrong. Science is science. Read the article I posted.

    I really wish people on this site would stop posting things that are scientifically wrong.

    Scientists will say anything that the politicians giving them their funding tell them to say.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    I didn't even know it was under debate. I learned something new. But I drink 5 cups of coffee some days, so there's a little truth to it.
  • SteveHunt113
    SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
    I've done some research on this (not extensive, but about an hour of reading), and the jury is still out.

    First, there is a question about where the 8 glasses a day comes from. There is no real answer where this came from, though there is speculation. But part of the 8 glasses a day has been rebuked, since on average a person gets 4 just from the food they eat.

    As for caffeinated beverages, the amount of water retained from them is somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2, with the remainder being flushed out because of the affects of the caffeine in the beverage.

    I personally don't count them, but I also don't worry as much about getting 8 glasses (8 8oz glasses) each day. Some days I get 6, others I get 10.
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member

    I like this article because it gave me the answer I wanted!

    So you were only looking for what you wanted to hear not what was really the best thing for you?

    Not really - I asked the question so I could adjust as needed. But I had no idea this would be such a divisive subject.
  • dane11235813
    dane11235813 Posts: 682 Member
    No because it is a diuretic.

    keep your bro science to yourself please
  • mhotch
    mhotch Posts: 901 Member
    Caffeine is a diuretic, but an extremely weak one. The fluid in a cup of coffee outweighs the "diuretic effect" of the coffee bean. If you usually have a cup of coffee each morning and your body is use to it, then you can consider it part of you daily fluid intake.
    I am not a daily coffee drinker so I do not use it as my water intake, but you will not cause any harm if you do. I would not suggest you use only coffee as part of you daily fluid intake.
  • dane11235813
    dane11235813 Posts: 682 Member
    technically for every cup of coffee you have, you should be drinking an extra cup of water bc the coffee dehydrates you .

    please get a clue people!
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    No because it is a diuretic.

    keep your bro science to yourself please

    That is not bro science.
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