H2O = water

bm99

I agree ppl should be drinking plain water despite the taste or lack thereof. It gives your kidneys a nice break from filtering and helps the spleen filter the blood more easily.

I hate reading posts about ppl advocating drinking any type of beverage instead of water, claiming its just as good for the body. Drinking coffee, energy drinks, artificial sweeteners.... That stuff needs to be filtered by our bodies.

Our bodies are MADE to filter. Obviously everything should be in moderation, I don't advocate NEVER drinking water, but our bodies are specifically made to filter out the nasties and keep the good stuff. Should we give our heart a break from pumping? Our lungs a break from breathing?

Your missing the point. Our bodies filter out the "nasties" that occur in nature. Not man made stuff that the body doesn't even recognize.

We were never intended to drink soda and such or our creator would have made soda when the earth was formed.

Really you want to go down that path? So you only ingest raw foods in their most natural form? Please.

The kidneys of a normal, healthy adult are more than capable of filtering a can of soda or some crystal light.

stellaskies

I want to keep this post going for as long as possible.The replies are amusing me at work.


If I didn't add anything to my water, be it flavoring or natural lemon/lime juice, I'd never drink water. I'm not naturally a thirsty person, meaning I wouldn't drink anything. at. all. ever (until I felt sick). Anyone who has an issue with this can kiss my grits.

rml_16

I'm going to throw a wrench in all of this and point out that there is water (actual H2O!!! even) in foods we eat. And that counts towards hydration. And not everyone needs to drink 8 full glasses of water a day because of the water we get from our food.

*GASP*

grimm1974

I'm glad my body isn't overly picky or I would be made up of nearly 75% cherry coke before MFP.

Quasita

I'm glad my body isn't overly picky or I would be made up of nearly 75% cherry coke before MFP.

LOL you sound delicious.

maidentl

I'm glad my body isn't overly picky or I would be made up of nearly 75% cherry coke before MFP.

But you would also simultaneously be dehydrated!

wftiger

I wasn't aware that adding flavor changes the h2o molecules to something else

It doesn't unless you didn't graduate from school then all bets are off.

Quasita

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!

And where do you get this from?

This goes against everything I was taught and have ever learned.

Taught by whom? Because it's wrong.

What's wrong about this is that the general recommendation is 8-9 glasses ON TOP OF the water you get from food because we need a lot more than 8 glasses (don't know the general rule here, sorry) but some of it is derived from food sources. All numbers are general average human so everyone could be different.

joe7880

I think drinking sweetened drinks instead of plain water also desensitizes your taste buds so when you actually enjoy sugar, it takes way more to "hit the spot" than if you were drinking your water plain.

HMonsterX

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!

And where do you get this from?

This goes against everything I was taught and have ever learned.

Taught by whom? Because it's wrong.

What's wrong about this is that the general recommendation is 8-9 glasses ON TOP OF the water you get from food because we need a lot more than 8 glasses (don't know the general rule here, sorry) but some of it is derived from food sources. All numbers are general average human so everyone could be different.

The AVERAGE amount the AVERAGE person needs is around 8 cups of "water". Now, the source of that infamous statement is misquoted:

How did the 8 X 8 myth start? Valtin thinks that the notion may have started in 1945 when the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council recommended approximately “1 milliliter of water for each calorie of food,” which would amount to roughly 2 to 2.5 quarts per day (64 to 80 ounces).

In its next sentence the board stated, “[M]ost of this quantity is contained in prepared foods.” But that last sentence seems to have been missed, so that the recommendation was erroneously interpreted as how much water a person should drink each day.

ginger_red

Also, your body needs water to flush out the excess in flavored water. Your best bet would be adding fresh fruit and fruit only to it, imo. But even at that, your body still needs good plain water!

HMonsterX

But even at that, your body still needs good plain water!

Then i must be a medical marvel, as i never consume plain water, yet feel healthier and fitter than ever? Shows we dont NEED plain water...

rml_16

But even at that, your body still needs good plain water!

Then i must be a medical marvel, as i never consume plain water, yet feel healthier and fitter than ever? Shows we dont NEED plain water...

Oh, please. It's simply a miracle that you haven't dropped dead of dehydration yet. We all know it. We're just counting the days and hoping we're in your will!

BuckeyeLife

I think drinking sweetened drinks instead of plain water also desensitizes your taste buds so when you actually enjoy sugar, it takes way more to "hit the spot" than if you were drinking your water plain.

Entirely agree. Regular soda, sugar stuff like Jello, just tastes so off to me now. I still occasionally do a diet soda and enjoy that, and sugar free jello is really good for me fighting a damn sweet tooth. But I feel like moving to a very heavy water intake that I now desire water a lot, stay well hydrated, and I am not a fan of processed food AS much as I used to be.

BuckeyeLife

I cannot believe people are really discussing this this much. Just drink some damn water and shudap.

ElizabethRoad

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!

And where do you get this from?

This goes against everything I was taught and have ever learned.

Taught by whom? Because it's wrong.

What's wrong about this is that the general recommendation is 8-9 glasses ON TOP OF the water you get from food because we need a lot more than 8 glasses (don't know the general rule here, sorry) but some of it is derived from food sources. All numbers are general average human so everyone could be different.

Actually the 8 cups a day (not glasses) recommendation was meant to include water from food.

Jorra

I cannot believe people are really discussing this this much. Just drink some damn water and shudap.

/thread

Hpmichigan

I am seriously cracking up from some of these posts.

If I were to walk into my classroom tomorrow and a high school student told me that adding crystal light to water didn't make it H20 anymore I would make him stay behind for tutoring because he is more than likely going to fail.

Someone can insert the "cool story bro" meme here now. :P

As far as dieting goes; I say as long as you are retaining the water. It counts as water. (Most likely not: Tea & Coffee because they tend to actually dehydrate you (but everyone is different)

Let me break that down for you one more time... If you put water in your body at the same time as ANYTHING ELSE (cracker backwash, crystal light, lemons) it is STILL water. A magical fairy does not come and change the water into poop.

If you are talking about something that actually causes a chemical reaction that is something different entirely. BUT not many things actually cause chemical reactions strong enough to actually change chemical structure.

Crystal light won't dehydrate your body and negate all of the water that you just drank.

Sugar_Junkie

As far are pure hydration is concerned:


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!

:flowerforyou:

^Not a sarcastic flower. This is a great post

agreed