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diet soda and coffee

Edie121
Edie121 Posts: 2 Member
edited January 4 in Food and Nutrition
Hi,

Do you have to drink 8 glasses of water or can you count other
liquids towards total. It's not that I don't like water, but I love to
drink diet coke and coffee with fat free half and half.
Thanks,
Edie

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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Other liquids count.
  • PeriwinklePineapple
    PeriwinklePineapple Posts: 31 Member
    I can't comment on diet soda (not sure of the content), but my understanding about coffee, is that caffeine actually causes the body to lose water, so you'd probably want to drink a bit more water to go with that. If its decaf, i guess that wouldn't be relevant.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I can't comment on diet soda (not sure of the content), but my understanding about coffee, is that caffeine actually causes the body to lose water, so you'd probably want to drink a bit more water to go with that. If its decaf, i guess that wouldn't be relevant.

    This is a misconception. The diuretic effect of caffeine isn't as pronounced as people make it out to be.
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    I believe you don't count it at a 1:1 ratio for other things. Not sure though.
  • qnih
    qnih Posts: 16
    The "8 glasses of water a day" recommendation is a myth. See e.g. http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Other liquids count.

    ^ This. That being said, I still drink 17 - 19 cups of pure water a day because I like it. That's on top of my 3-6 cups of coffee and 2-3 Coke Zero's.
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