thumbs up or down - counting condensed soup as water intake

Your stomach does not have separate compartments for water and solids, everything you swallow gets churned up together before it is released into your intestines.

As far as your digestive system is concerned, there is absolutely no difference whatsoever between eating some roast chicken and vegetables with a big glass of plain water and eating a bowl of chicken and vegetable soup.

While this is excellent information I don't think that someone should say, "Oh, I am only going to have 3 glasses of water today because I ate all of that condensed soup today." It's just another excuse for someone who "hates water" to get away with not drinking it.

If they don't need it, they're not "getting away" with not drinking it.

That's an assumption that they don't need it. How many posts on here are people whining about how they just CAN'T possibly drink horrible water. You think they're getting in half their body weight in ounces of soup each day?

You think they're getting in half their body weight in ounces of soup each day?

What an odd suggestion, I have not suggested anything of the sort, I do not even know who these hypothetical people are and the figure of half of someone's bodyweight in fluid does not bear scrutiny either as it does not take into account climate, humidity, workload or any of the other variables which determine the amount of fluid required..

However, it is a fact that someone who drinks a lot of soup needs to drink far less water than someone who eats food with a lower proportion of water.

There has never been any research which shows that there is any benefit in consuming the required amount of water as glasses of plain pure water, and plenty of research which shows the contrary.

Obviously if you have any links to peer reviewed studies which demonstrate that drinking plain water has any benefits whatsoever over consuming water in other form (obviously discounting alcohol) I would be happy to review them.

It's a food, so no.

Does it count to your body? Yes. It's up to you whether or not you log it as water. I don't log my water intake, as I feel I get sufficient fluids, but if it helps you reach a goal, I don't see the harm.

Could someone remind me why we're even bothering to count water intake?

If you're thirsty, drink water. If you aren't thirsty, don't drink water.

That sounds good in theory, but can be very dangerous to put in practice. A lot of times your brain doesn't decipher thirst as thirst. It can be misinterpreted as hunger, sleepiness, headaches, irritability, etc. I drink water constantly, because here in the desert it is shockingly easy to get dehydrated and really sick, without even realizing it. As a native Arizonan, I think it is a much smarter and safer idea to go by the color-of-your-pee rule, as a previous poster suggested.

Makes sense, especially given your environment. And color-of-pee rule makes sense. However, what doesn't make sense is arbitrarily drinking eight glasses daily just because. I'm just not convinced that the research backs it up.

This is a joke question, right? - the only thing that should be counted as water is WATER...

Thumbs up.

But I also count Skittles as water.

Don't be stupid.

Skittles count as rainbows, not water.

Duh.

Could someone remind me why we're even bothering to count water intake?

If you're thirsty, drink water. If you aren't thirsty, don't drink water.

That sounds good in theory, but can be very dangerous to put in practice. A lot of times your brain doesn't decipher thirst as thirst. It can be misinterpreted as hunger, sleepiness, headaches, irritability, etc. I drink water constantly, because here in the desert it is shockingly easy to get dehydrated and really sick, without even realizing it. As a native Arizonan, I think it is a much smarter and safer idea to go by the color-of-your-pee rule, as a previous poster suggested.

Makes sense, especially given your environment. And color-of-pee rule makes sense. However, what doesn't make sense is arbitrarily drinking eight glasses daily just because. I'm just not convinced that the research backs it up.

Agreed.

I'm all for questioning the rules, IF the rules seem to be causing trouble, or hindering progress. But since I feel so much better when I stick to a minimum of 8 glasses a day, (with a sharper attention and better energy) I tend to go with that, because without a fluids standard to hold myself to, I find myself slipping, and before I know it, whoops, it's 5pm and I haven't drank anything all day, and why am I in such a nasty mood and feel like *kitten*? ...Oh yeah. Now I remember. So for me it's just easier to stick with 8 glasses.

I'm assuming nutritionists were pressed to come up with SOME measurable amount of water to publicly announce as the recommended amount to drink, and averaged it out to 8. I'm not a nutritionist, and I don't have any other better number to use, so I'll be a sheep. Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.

Why are people always trying to get around drinking water?

Down. Way too much sodium to even be considered water.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :drinker: