Tea and coffee

roguex_1979

Question about calories for tea and coffee:

If you don't add any milk or sugar, how many calories is a mug of tea or coffee?

misskerouac

0.
Although I think if you look it up brewed coffee comes up at 2.
So basically...0

BUT remember you want to drink an extra glass of water for each cup of tea or coffee you drink

Picola1984

I never log my tea, coffees etc

I know some people do but personally I just don't see the point

roguex_1979

Well, I think I will stop logging the tea and coffee. I only have a splash of skimmed milk in each and 0 cal sweetners.

HMonsterX

BUT remember you want to drink an extra glass of water for each cup of tea or coffee you drink

Why on earth would you do that?

As for tea/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