Water intake - does it include tea and juice?

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  • Sheirai
    Sheirai Posts: 79 Member
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    LIVESTRONG!

    Appropriate Fluid Sources
    If you're not a devoted water drinker, you may wonder if other liquids count toward your daily fluid needs or if only water should be consumed for adequate hydration. While water is healthy and commonly recommended, other liquids serve the same purpose. In other words, juices, milk, caffeinated beverages, herbal tea and even soups can appropriately count toward your daily fluid needs and should be considered when calculating fluid intake.


    http://www.livestrong.com/article/446217-how-much-fluid-intake-do-you-need-in-a-day/

    Agreed. I only log water as water in my diary, but I drink a lot of tea, and I count it towards my total fluid intake.

    OK, Love this answer!

    Thanks!
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
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    Sorry only water counts as water. Anything with caffeine is a diuretic and doesn't count and juice is full of sugar. To get 8 glasses, drink two as soon as you wake up when you're most thirsty, 6 through the course of the day is easy.
    Drinks with caffeine in will still hydrate you. Drinks with sugar in will still hydrate you. The water doesn't stop being water just because you add sugar. After all, it doesn't stop counting as sugar just because you add water, does it?

    http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12187618/
    http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12834577
    http://www.jacn.org/content/19/5/591.short

    LISTEN TO THIS PERSON.... She's right!

    i believe the point in drinking water and only logging water as water is so that you're encouraged to get your hydration from sources that do not add sugar/calories/physical effects.

    yes, in a hospital/assisted living setting all liquids are tracked for fluid intake, but we're not in a hospital or assisted living facility. we're on a diet and fitness website.
  • ksmiley412
    ksmiley412 Posts: 274 Member
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    Yes it all counts and so does your food. Latest guidelines are that you don't need to drinks pints of water but that your quota comes from food and beverages aswell. The only thing you don't include is booze!



    Well crap I drink beer like water!
  • o2bADyer
    o2bADyer Posts: 208
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    Personally, on the "water counter", I just count actual water. Then I added a "beverage" category to enter everything else. Good luck!:happy:
  • gertudejekyl
    gertudejekyl Posts: 386 Member
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    :indifferent: :grumble: :explode:
    I only count pure water, my rule of thumb is that my pee should always be clear and fragrance free :laugh:
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
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    Sorry only water counts as water. Anything with caffeine is a diuretic and doesn't count and juice is full of sugar. To get 8 glasses, drink two as soon as you wake up when you're most thirsty, 6 through the course of the day is easy.
    Drinks with caffeine in will still hydrate you. Drinks with sugar in will still hydrate you. The water doesn't stop being water just because you add sugar. After all, it doesn't stop counting as sugar just because you add water, does it?

    http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12187618/
    http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12834577
    http://www.jacn.org/content/19/5/591.short

    LISTEN TO THIS PERSON.... She's right!

    i believe the point in drinking water and only logging water as water is so that you're encouraged to get your hydration from sources that do not add sugar/calories/physical effects.

    yes, in a hospital/assisted living setting all liquids are tracked for fluid intake, but we're not in a hospital or assisted living facility. we're on a diet and fitness website.
    Lots of drinks are very nutritious; why would we be discouraged from drinking them? The fact remains that your body will "count" the water from other drinks whether you do or not.
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,735 Member
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    I agree with everyone else who has said that water is water. I never count tea, juice, soda, etc. Because it's not water just because it has water in it.

    here's something to think about..

    - 8oz of instant coffee has 75mg caffeine.
    - 2 Excedrin taken with 8oz of water has 130mg of caffeine.

    if you'd log the 8oz of water you drink to swallow the Excedrin, then why wouldn't you log the 8oz of instant coffee that has half as much caffeine? do you see the error in that thinking?
  • sandyn2
    sandyn2 Posts: 8
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    After experiencing a kidney stone, I was advised to drink 2L of fluids a day. Urologist said it shouldn't be all tea or milk (oxalates in tea and calcium in milk can increase risk of kidney stones) but other than that, the fluid volume (not the specific beverage) is key. So all the liquids you drink will help to keep you hydrated, should help with weight loss (assuming not loaded with calories) and kidney stone prevention.

    Water is calorie-free, of course, so it hopefully plays a large role in your hydration!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
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    When I was nursing we measured all liquids as intake volume, tea, coffee, soda, soup, jello, anything liquid. The myth about needing 64 oz of water a day is just that. Your body needs hydration but it comes in many other forms than straight water.
  • GrannySparkle
    GrannySparkle Posts: 225 Member
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    Having just had gastric by-pass (August 16, 2012) I work with a dietician. EVERYTHING you drink, plus broth and jello are counted as water.
  • Yukongil
    Yukongil Posts: 166 Member
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    how very sad...according to some people in this thread, the OP died of dehydration years ago and is now nothing but a liche posting from her dungeon somewhere...how tragic that it could have been avoided.

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