Water intake, Does Tea count and Coffee???

FredDoyle

"Only water is water" - Everyone who doesn't have an elementary-school-level understanding of chemistry.

If you had any understanding of chemistry and/or nutrition you would know that tea and coffee are 99 percent + water and that any fluids you consume (including the water content of food you eat) work towards hydrating your body

Which is exactly what the quote you are quoting implies. :laugh:
I had to read it twice too...

rml_16

Coffee dehydrates your body! Only tea and water should be recorded.

Do you know how much caffeine is needed to dehydrate you?

Not in several cups of tea or coffee.

Plus, many teas have more caffeine than coffee.

StaceyJ2008

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

Dave198lbs

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

does adding a packet of stevia to the tea destroy the water?

rml_16

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

does adding a packet of stevia to the tea destroy the water?

Stevia is probably OK since it's all natural. Sugar or honey, on the other hand, turn the tea and coffee into raging balls of death and you should avoid that. So then they don't count as water anymore.

TylerJ76

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

does adding a packet of stevia to the tea destroy the water?

Stevia is probably OK since it's all natural. Sugar or honey, on the other hand, turn the tea and coffee into raging balls of death and you should avoid that. So then they don't count as water anymore.

Wise words, she speaks...

Dave198lbs

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

does adding a packet of stevia to the tea destroy the water?

Stevia is probably OK since it's all natural. Sugar or honey, on the other hand, turn the tea and coffee into raging balls of death and you should avoid that. So then they don't count as water anymore.

Wise words, she speaks...

yes...raging balls of death should be avoided whenever possible. they cause something bad.....like....death

zozie73

Lol, wrong again. Yes, I'm in college chemistry. It is actually a chemical reaction because it relies on the chemical properties of water and of the substances in the tea leaf. These substances-tannins, caffeine, and many others-dissolve in the hot water. The heat accelerates the reaction, but it is not a physical change. (Try steeping a tea bag in cold water-eventually you will get tea, although it will taste a bit different, probably because heat affects the dissolution of the various substances at different rates.) It's a chemical reaction therefore it does change the molecular properties of the water. Don't you just love how people try to sound smart, when they have no clue what they are talking about?

Just adding a tea bag to water, will of course not change the molecular structure of water, boiling the water while making tea will. The six catechin-derived polyphenols in tea leaves (C, EC, ECG, GC, EGC, and EGCG) are oxidized by the enzyme PPO (The firing of the leaves heats the enzymes to their peak activity rate). The catechins first form intermediate compounds called orthoquinones that are very unstable and reactive.The orthoquinones then combine in pairs in a series of condensation reactions. They can function as either hydrogen acceptors or hydrogen donors. The combinations can happen through C-O or C-C bonds. The compounds formed are called theaflavins (TF), which are larger molecules and are unique in chemistry. The catechins react in pairs to form six theaflavins. Some theaflavins are brighter and brisker than others showing that the quality of the tea depends not just on the polyphenol count, but the compostion of the catechins and the availability of PPO. The TFs are unstable and further oxidize through the action of PO. They then form thearubigins (TR). TRs are much larger and more complex. Their chemical structure is yet unknown . The compounds though, have a high complexation affinity with metals like Al and Mn, and alkaloids like caffeine. Thearubigins are largely responsible for the flavor, aroma, and color of the liqueur; some make it brighter and brisker, others dull.

Notice such words as "oxidation," "hydrogen acceptors," and "hydrogen donors." All indicate a chemical reaction between the tea and water. To simplify this, if it was a "physical" reaction, you could draw the tea out of the water by reverse osmosis like you could get the salt, sugar, or even lemon juice out of water.

As Briko has said the research quoted above is not orginal and comes from angelfire (a quick search on google gave me that), the same way as I often check students work for plagarism!!
But whilst not on expert on tea I am a science teacher and can reassure everyone that dissolving as you quote in your orginal statement is in fact a physical process and you can get the original materials back.
As for tea - can't stand the stuff

agthorn

tea and coffee count if tea is unsweetened and coffee is black. Also if you add crystal light to your water it also counts

Cream, sugar, etc don't magically make the coffee or tea "unusable". You just have to make sure you remember to also count the calories. Same thing for gatorade, fruit juices, milk, etc.

honeyallen

water intake for a normal human being should be at least 6 liters per day. Even in the cold season catching up, once should not lessen there water intake as they are necessary for eviction of toxins and wastes from the body. So keep up with that fluid consumption.

maryjaquiss

This thread is awesome. Also, do not drink 6 litres of water a day because you will spend all day weeing.

buckleten

I am really enjoying this thread...with a big cup of tea!!

teller36

I count my coffee as water intake as I also have to count the creamer I put in it.

earlyxer

Don't be silly - you're supposed to drink water for HYDRATION. Black tea and coffee contain significant amounts of caffeine, which is a diuretic and results in DEHYDRATION. Want to push this to extremes? Vodka is 60% water - want to count that too?

So, does coffee count as water? Only decaf. Same is true for tea, even green tea. Only herbal tea is caffeine free (as opposed to decaffeinated).

Sheesh.

MorbidMander

Last time I checked tea and coffee have calories, so they have to be counted. But I very, very rarely drink either, so I don't have that issue. I'm becoming rather content with just having my water.

LittleBallofFurr

Think about this logically: Adding tea (or any flavoring) to water does not change the water into anything else.

Many people choose not to count those things, but their bodies still recognize the water.

And LMAO at classifying tea as "garbage."

Yes. I've given up trying to convince people of this obvious fact. The logically challenged will still spout their nonsense.

this *eyeroll*

MrMeowGi

Um , I drink 2-3 litres of water a day + 2 cups of coffee . Best of both worlds? Y U Mad bro?

d_Mode

COUNT IT as water if you want...DON'T COUNT IT as water if you don't want...jeeeez... it's that simple.
This is like the chicken or the egg...which came first. Who cares...

There is no right or wrong answer! Just do what you want on your diary!

davery1985

I dont drink coffee, but i have fruit tea and normal tea every other day and i count all of them as water. Dont listen to people saying its garbage drinking tea or coffee.

Dave198lbs

water intake for a normal human being should be at least 6 liters per day. Even in the cold season catching up, once should not lessen there water intake as they are necessary for eviction of toxins and wastes from the body. So keep up with that fluid consumption.

it is even better to not put toxins in your body in the first place then you don't have to evict them later