Water

lalbus
lalbus Posts: 10 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If I drink tea with no sugar or the FUZE drinks with no sugar, does this count as drinking any water for me?
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  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    no it has been chemically changed and your body will not process it as water

    DrBro, PhD
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    Here we go! :laugh:
    Even though drmerc is an internet doctor...

    YES
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    <----just get in we need to talk.
  • heidimaggott78
    heidimaggott78 Posts: 203
    No. H2o is water . That's it.
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    it only counts if you jump up and down while drinking it, to make sure it gets in your water belly and not your food belly.
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Does bathing in this count as bathing in water?

    green+tea+bath.jpg

    Thats green tea, not urine - i am 44% sure of it.
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    <----just get in we need to talk.

    You haz xobx and fuze in there?
  • denisemuill
    denisemuill Posts: 19 Member
    I too wonder this. I just don't like drinking water. I have never really drank anything except a couple cups of tea each day and maybe one bottle of water on workout days. Is it possible some people just need less?
  • Shock_Wave
    Shock_Wave Posts: 1,573 Member
    Posting this just because I wanted to be on the first page of these countless "does this count as water" threads, as if the big SEARCH button was broken or some thing. :smokin:

    Woohoo! Now I can scratch another topic off my MFP bucket list: "Things I wanted to do on MPF"
    :bigsmile:
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    no it has been chemically changed and your body will not process it as water

    DrBro, PhD

    He's a doctor, I'd listen to him.
  • hkry3250
    hkry3250 Posts: 140
    Since your search button is broken, I'll help you out. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/814368-water-intake-does-tea-count-and-coffee
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    <----just get in we need to talk.

    :flowerforyou:
  • KMAltig
    KMAltig Posts: 12 Member
    the rule of thumb I have always heard is 'water is only water until you add something to it, then it is no longer water.'
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    the rule of thumb I have always heard is 'water is only water until you add something to it, then it is no longer water.'
    Then what is it?
    My guess is, it's magic.
    Can I interest you in some Q-Ray bracelets?
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    No. H2o is water . That's it.

    So there's no H2O in the bottle?
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    I too wonder this. I just don't like drinking water. I have never really drank anything except a couple cups of tea each day and maybe one bottle of water on workout days. Is it possible some people just need less?

    Really?? ....No, really?
  • kaseysospacey
    kaseysospacey Posts: 499 Member
    no it has been chemically changed and your body will not process it as water

    DrBro, PhD


    Absolutely not this ever. Your body takes water from anything you put in it with water- eat cucumbers and the body benefits from the high water content. Even caffeinated beverages are not diuretic enough to countereffect the water they provide. I wouldn't do the FUZE personally because I avoid sweeteners other than stevia based sweeteners. But tea? Of course fresh brewed unsweet tea counts as water to your body.
  • Shock_Wave
    Shock_Wave Posts: 1,573 Member
    *
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    Here's a novel idea...

    Drink when you're thirsty
    Weather it's water/tea/coffee/Gatorade...Just drink when you're thirsty


    Don't over think it..
  • Blondie_05
    Blondie_05 Posts: 48
    Here's a novel idea...

    Drink when you're thirsty
    Weather it's water/tea/coffee/Gatorade...Just drink when you're thirsty


    Don't over think it..

    Agreed!

    -Also I love your profile picture! Great movie!
  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
    You know I ask a doctor this a Long time ago. He and the nurse said your body always knows water weather you add something to it or not....
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    Once I was in the bush and I was really thirsty and I had a big bottle of water but I had stupidly stored some of the wintergreen plants and cranberries I had picked in the bottle. I died of dehydration.
    True story.
  • shanmackie
    shanmackie Posts: 194 Member
    water counts as water.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    As an experiment, drink only that for a week...no water, just your tea. If you're still alive at the end of the week, then yeah, it apparently counts as water. If you're dead, well, it doesn't count.

    I suspect you'll be just fine...(but in case you aren't, remember, I am not a doctor (on the internet or IRL...I'm not even an honorary broscientist.)).
  • hkry3250
    hkry3250 Posts: 140
    Well, here are wbsites to answer your question and prove my point, that even on a molecular level tea is no longer H2O because chemicals from the tea leaves form bonds with chemicals in H20. Enjoy. http://www.teaclass.com/lesson_0204.html, http://www.alltea.com/blog/2012/02/chemistry-tea, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60159a025.
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    wowzers, so much wowzers.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Well, here are wbsites to answer your question and prove my point, that even on a molecular level tea is no longer H2O because chemicals from the tea leaves form bonds with chemicals in H20. Enjoy. http://www.teaclass.com/lesson_0204.html, http://www.alltea.com/blog/2012/02/chemistry-tea, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60159a025.

    *All* the H2O? Or even *most* of the H2O? Really?

    ETA: I just read the links and would now like to add another question: *Any* of the H2O?
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    i only count the water i drink. but, here's a link to a chart of the water content of fruits and vegetables.

    http://www.ca.uky.edu/enri/pubs/enri129.pdf
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    <----just get in we need to talk.

    :flowerforyou:

    Whats up pretty pretty?:love: I haz candy.:blushing: :flowerforyou:
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    Well, here are wbsites to answer your question and prove my point, that even on a molecular level tea is no longer H2O because chemicals from the tea leaves form bonds with chemicals in H20. Enjoy. http://www.teaclass.com/lesson_0204.html, http://www.alltea.com/blog/2012/02/chemistry-tea, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60159a025.

    Your argument is invalid...But thanks for the link to the article from 1968...Nostalgia.

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