Water

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  • 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.

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    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.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 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.
    You keep making this strawman argument.
    The question is, does it hydrate you?
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Any non-alcoholic beverage will hydrate you.
  • c0ffee_l0ver
    c0ffee_l0ver Posts: 23 Member
    Well, this escalated quickly.

    If you're counting how much water you drink-- ie. using MFP to make sure you're getting 8 glasses of water then no. If its a suspension (tea, coffee) or chemically altered (sodas, flavored waters) it will hydrate you which is dandy but nothing beats a big glass of H2O after a good workout :smile: .

    Except maybe milk...that's good after a workout too haha
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    Well, this escalated quickly.

    If you're counting how much water you drink-- ie. using MFP to make sure you're getting 8 glasses of water then no. If its a suspension (tea, coffee) or chemically altered (sodas, flavored waters) it will hydrate you which is dandy but nothing beats a big glass of H2O after a good workout :smile: .

    Except maybe milk...that's good after a workout too haha

    ooo i like your use of the word "suspension" that's cool i hadn't thought of tea like that before.
  • hollyk57
    hollyk57 Posts: 520 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.

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  • Shock_Wave
    Shock_Wave Posts: 1,573 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.

    News Flash! Human body separate's chemicals/nutrients when in digestion mode and thus still hydrates.

    Think simply man. MFP only has a water counter and not a tea counter, or a soda pop counter. So in general most people (99% of them) just want to know if certain things will count as water=hydration...

    Edit: But apparently most people do not know what a search button does or some thing to find this out on countless of other threads on MFP. :ohwell:
  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
    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.


    Here's a flower for your grave :flowerforyou:
  • tnloser1970
    tnloser1970 Posts: 42
    If I drink tea with no sugar or the FUZE drinks with no sugar, does this count as drinking any water for me?

    I am not sure about Fuze. But, the tea depends on who you ask. Some say if it is decaffenated it counts as water. Weight Watchers allows you to count it as water as long as you are drinking an equal amount of plain water. Some say no. I say do what works for you.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    To head off all the posts that tea/coffee are diuretics.....
    Definition of a diuretic:
    "a substance which causes an increase in the production of urine"
    Gosh! That sounds like water is a diuretic too. We are all going to die.....

    Seriously just stay hydrated with whatever suits you.
    If you really think only water hydrates you go and tell all the companies that makes sports hydration drinks that adding "stuff" to water somehow stops water being water.
  • jilleebean777
    jilleebean777 Posts: 219 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.

    Did you know that 52.9% of statistics are made up on the spot? :happy:

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