Daily water intake?...
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yeah, i do water separately too. i also count a pint of water as one cup of water - do they mean "cup" cups or like, "glass" cups on here?
I believe they mean 8oz glasses of water.0 -
Only water really. I fill up a 2 ltr jug every morning (so it gets to room temp which i think is easier to drink) and work my way through it through the day. Its about 80 fl oz..0
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I believe they mean 8oz or 225ml0
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I drink about 10 regular sized (8oz) glasses of water a day..the first 6 are straight water. The last 4 sometimes are Crystal Light or Mio flavored. If I drink either of those i do include it in my diary. It's just been strange right now because I would much rather drank plain water0
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Here we go again!
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 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_oo0 -
Just do whatever makes sense to you after researching it on the internet at some reputable sources. Otherwise, you are only going to get 17 pages of opinions and you will have wasted hours of time reading them.0
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My water intake is JUST water... drinking enough is about the easiest part of my day. I can do the water....its the carbs watching that I find challenging! If I have tea, or flavored water... i dont count that as water consumption.0
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I only count plain water.0
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I drink @ least half my body weight in water every day...I only count the water...not my tea. (i drink about 96oz...which is a little over half) I also drink more close to ovulating & TOM, IF I eat something I shouldn't have, workout, etc.0
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