Help! Does this count as water?

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  • sunnyday789
    sunnyday789 Posts: 309 Member
    Well by that logic, anything that has water in it counts (jello?) ... seems a little misleading. That said, I too have read the whole water issue has been inflated by the bottled water industry so I'd not agonize over it.
    Actually it does. If you talk to dietitians about fluid restrictions for some patients, soup and jello count
  • cessnaholly
    cessnaholly Posts: 780 Member
    Bump
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member

    You have to decide what works for you but I really think that Soda, tea and coffee should not count towards your water intake especialy if they are not decafinated as caffieine acts as a duretic. non cafinated coffee and tea. May pass if you do not add tons of artificial stuff to it. But I would suggest cutting the soda off that list entirely. While water is a main ingredient the additives are amazing....
    nope. http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
    also, im completely happy with my soda intake :) thanks though.
  • 06gwensmamma
    06gwensmamma Posts: 17
    I was drinking peach flavored water, until I decided I didn't want the aspertame in it. I decided to make my own.

    0 calories koolaid (the kind with no sugar added)
    Sparkling water
    Stevia

    Can I log this as water?

    Are you talking about the packets of Kool Aid you mix with sugar yourself? It seems like people are confusing sugar free kool aid with a packet of kool aid flavoring.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    According to my college professors if it has caffeine it counts against your water count. I can't remember specifically what he always said but basically caffeine will de-hydrate you. We even did an experiment to show this


    You have to consume quite a fair amount of caffeine for it to any any appreciable diuretic effect.


    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661
  • midnightwhispers
    midnightwhispers Posts: 42
    Water makes me want to gag. I can't stand the taste - no matter if its from a bottle or tap. But I do drink A LOT of water.... I just make sure to add Crystal Light to it ;) Lots of different flavours and they're so good
  • twisted88
    twisted88 Posts: 294 Member
    I don't even count flavored water as water. The only thing I count is pure water. No teas, no added flavor packets/liquids, etc.

    But that's just me, I guess. I want my water to cleanse and hydrate and that's pretty much it.

    Same here. To me, water is water; chemical/sugar/etc. water isn't. Things that have water in them do count toward fluid intake, but for me "water consumption" on MFP is for plain ol' water. (Just my 2 cents.)
  • dalgal26
    dalgal26 Posts: 781 Member
    log it as water.
    i log soda, water, coffee, tea etc. the main ingredient is water. having caffeine in it doesnt change that


    I agree!
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Why do you people make water so confusing

    Adding flavor or color to water doesn't magically change it :/
    Soda, Coffee, Tea, anything that's made with water will hydrate you

    If I drink a glass of water and take a caffeine pill is it water?
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
  • jhewitt25
    jhewitt25 Posts: 1
    Whatever you drink gets mixed in with whatever you eat. The body doesn't really separate out the water from other stuff and count only the "pure" water.

    After being mixed with food in the stomach, the water/food slurry goes into the intestines, where it passes through the intestinal lining. How much passes through, and when, depends on precisely what part of the intestine you're talking about, and what substances are dissolved in it. Gatorade was specifically formulated to try to bring the water through more quickly by providing a particular balance of sugars and salts.

    But a different composition will still get through, and Crystal Light is no exception. Crystal Light contains sucralose, which passes through the gut lining along with the water, in roughly the same way sugar does. The difference is that when it hits the liver it can't be broken down to form energy. But the water still passes into the bloodstream, where it does all of the great things that water does in the body (absorb waste products, hydrate cells, provide a medium for chemical reactions, carry nutrients, etc.)

    All of which is a long way of saying, it doesn't matter what you dump into the water. Water's water, whether it's pure, chicken soup, coffee, or crystal light.
  • JDMPWR
    JDMPWR Posts: 1,863 Member
    water is water
  • twisted88
    twisted88 Posts: 294 Member
    I'm so confused. Why would you log SODA as water?
    read the can/bottle.
    whats the first ingredient?

    And what are all the other ingredients?

    things added to water to make it taste better

    Just because something tastes "better" doesn't mean that it's good for you. I'm sure most of us can agree.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.

    That is simply not true. One cup of coffee is not going to leech that much water from your body. Read the link I posted earlier.
  • sunnyday789
    sunnyday789 Posts: 309 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    So far today all I've had to drink is about 3 large cups of coffee, 1 can diet coke and 1 glass wine. No sign of dehyration! what kind of trouble am I in?
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.

    This isn't true. For the 3rd time in this thread... http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Hello. I cleaned up the thread, Please NO name calling. Now kiss and make up smiley-love026.gif
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    So far today all I've had to drink is about 3 large cups of coffee, 1 can diet coke and 1 glass wine. No sign of dehyration! what kind of trouble am I in?

    You'll be dead by morning. :sad:
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    thats actually not true - there have been studies done showing that (especially for people who drink it regularly) theres no dehydration from caffeine. the only drinks that showed any signs of dehydration were those that contained alcohol.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Whatever you drink gets mixed in with whatever you eat. The body doesn't really separate out the water from other stuff and count only the "pure" water.

    After being mixed with food in the stomach, the water/food slurry goes into the intestines, where it passes through the intestinal lining. How much passes through, and when, depends on precisely what part of the intestine you're talking about, and what substances are dissolved in it. Gatorade was specifically formulated to try to bring the water through more quickly by providing a particular balance of sugars and salts.

    But a different composition will still get through, and Crystal Light is no exception. Crystal Light contains sucralose, which passes through the gut lining along with the water, in roughly the same way sugar does. The difference is that when it hits the liver it can't be broken down to form energy. But the water still passes into the bloodstream, where it does all of the great things that water does in the body (absorb waste products, hydrate cells, provide a medium for chemical reactions, carry nutrients, etc.)

    All of which is a long way of saying, it doesn't matter what you dump into the water. Water's water, whether it's pure, chicken soup, coffee, or crystal light.


    first post .... FTW!
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    Just because something tastes "better" doesn't mean that it's good for you. I'm sure most of us can agree.
    i dont believe i ever said otherwise. all i said was it still counts as water
  • sunnyday789
    sunnyday789 Posts: 309 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    So far today all I've had to drink is about 3 large cups of coffee, 1 can diet coke and 1 glass wine. No sign of dehyration! what kind of trouble am I in?

    You'll be dead by morning. :sad:
    Now that's a waste of a long weekend!
  • christibam
    christibam Posts: 478 Member
    Well, you guys have fun with being in denial over how bad some drinks can be for you VS only pure water.
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    thats actually not true - there have been studies done showing that (especially for people who drink it regularly) theres no dehydration from caffeine. the only drinks that showed any signs of dehydration were those that contained alcohol.


    Well, I must be the exception to the rule then, because I become notably and obviously dehyrated from drinking coffee (and drink it rather regularly), and it takes days of heavy water drinking to normalize my hydration levels.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    Well, you guys have fun with being in denial over how bad some drinks can be for you VS only pure water.

    mmmkay.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Well, you guys have fun with being in denial over how bad some drinks can be for you VS only pure water.

    No one is in denial. Please read this: http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    thats actually not true - there have been studies done showing that (especially for people who drink it regularly) theres no dehydration from caffeine. the only drinks that showed any signs of dehydration were those that contained alcohol.


    Well, I must the the excetion to the rule then, because I become extremely and obviously dehyrated from drinking coffee (and drink it rather regularly), and it takes days of heavy water drinking to normalize my hydration levels.

    I have never heard of this before.
  • sunnyday789
    sunnyday789 Posts: 309 Member
    Well, you guys have fun with being in denial over how bad some drinks can be for you VS only pure water.
    No one saying that anything dissolved in water is good for you. However, what I'm saying is your body is able to use the H20 from these liquids the same way as if you drank "pure "H20 . If the body wasn't able to do these amazing things we'd all be dead by now.
    It's not denial; it's basic anatomy and physiology
  • yummy♥
    yummy♥ Posts: 612 Member
    well I have a couple cups of coffee in the morning at work, so you just convinced me to log that as water - thanks for that. :-D

    I assume you're joking? That will get you into trouble. For each cup of coffee you drink, you should drink about three cups of water to make up for the dehydration caused from one cup of coffee. The whole point of tracking your water intake is to make sure you're staying hydrated enough.
    thats actually not true - there have been studies done showing that (especially for people who drink it regularly) theres no dehydration from caffeine. the only drinks that showed any signs of dehydration were those that contained alcohol.


    Well, I must the the exception to the rule then, because I become extremely and obviously dehyrated from drinking coffee (and drink it rather regularly), and it takes days of heavy water drinking to normalize my hydration levels.

    you may want to see a doctor if your body is that thrown off from drinking coffee. or stop drinking coffee.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Well by that logic, anything that has water in it counts (jello?) ... seems a little misleading. That said, I too have read the whole water issue has been inflated by the bottled water industry so I'd not agonize over it.
    If it's not loaded with a ton of sodium or alcohol...it absolutely counts, solid or liquid form, your body WILL hydrate from it. Doesn't matter if YOU log it...your body sure will no matter what high horse you're riding on.
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