If you use MIO in you water it doesn't count?

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  • jackieofitness
    jackieofitness Posts: 1
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    MiO is not good for you. See this statement taken from Rodale.com

    "Water is the healthiest beverage on earth, but according to Kraft Foods, it's "like a yawn in a glass." Enter their new product Mio, brightly colored, artificially flavored concentrate that "enhances" your perfectly healthy glass of H20. In addition to petroleum-based food dyes linked to ADHD and allergies, the third ingredient is propylene glycol, another petroleum-based ingredient used, among other things, to make plastics and keep paint from drying out. And sure, it's "calorie free," thanks to sucralose, an artificial sweetener created by processing sugar with chlorine gas."
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
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    That's definitely a debateable question. A long time ago, my grandmother's doctor told her to start drinking more water. She told him, "I drink plenty of water...in my tea, coffee...." He replied, "I didn't say, 'tea, or coffee,' I said, water!" I've tried MIO, and it makes the water taste just like a diet drink mix. In my opinion, based on what Grandma's doctor said all those years ago, I'd have to agree with your sister-in-law. Of course, it's just an opinion. Next time you see your family doctor, why not ask? It's a good question!

    Technically, coffee and tea don't count as water because they're diuretics. I'm not here to stand on a soapbox for MIO, but I highly doubt that adding it to your water makes it a diuretic.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    If it isn't water then what is it when you add the mio? Mine seems to still be water and I count it. As far as the toxins in Mio if I spent an hour on the internet I can find something about every single item I consume and how it will kill me - so give me my MIo! Ohhhh but currently I'm using Dasani Drops - Pineapple Coconut flavor and they're super YUMMERS!
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
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    MiO is not good for you. See this statement taken from Rodale.com

    "Water is the healthiest beverage on earth, but according to Kraft Foods, it's "like a yawn in a glass." Enter their new product Mio, brightly colored, artificially flavored concentrate that "enhances" your perfectly healthy glass of H20. In addition to petroleum-based food dyes linked to ADHD and allergies, the third ingredient is propylene glycol, another petroleum-based ingredient used, among other things, to make plastics and keep paint from drying out. And sure, it's "calorie free," thanks to sucralose, an artificial sweetener created by processing sugar with chlorine gas."

    Water is one oxygen molecule away from causing you to turn inside out and kill you within minutes. Maybe we shouldn't drink it either.
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
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    It's water with flavoring...so water.
    I think the only reason people don't consider tea and coffee as water is because it dehydrates you, so you'll need to consume more water to combat that.
  • cbrrabbit25
    cbrrabbit25 Posts: 384 Member
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    if you didnt get water from food and drink sources such as tea, i would be dead since i never drank plain water until recently.
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
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    Once mio is added to water it destroys the H2O and it turns into lead and kills you.
  • CincinnatiDEIFan
    CincinnatiDEIFan Posts: 188 Member
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    If the chemcials are linked to ADHD can someone explain why only one of my two kids have it when they have been fed the same things since birth?

    Always been curious about that when food studies link to ADHD....
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
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    If the chemcials are linked to ADHD can someone explain why only one of my two kids have it when they have been fed the same things since birth?

    Always been curious about that when food studies link to ADHD....

    Does every person that smokes get lung cancer or COPD?? No. That should explain it. However, I am not saying that MIO causes ADHD either.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    OK, I don't buy it, but my sister in law says if you put MIO drops in your water you can't count the water as water anymore. I disagree....

    Which way do you fall on this?


    let's play this one out ...


    you have a glass of water.

    next to that glass, you have a glass of, let's say, apple juice.

    now, you take a drink of apple juice, and happen to have hole-in-the-lip syndrome, dribbling down your shirt. one or two of those drops of apple juice happen to fall into your glass of water.

    now, tell me: do you still have one glass of water sitting on the counter?



    (it should be noted, your water needs to be filtered, deionized, fresh-from-the-ground kind of stuff, too. because, you know ... water from the tap? even most bottled water? they add things.)
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    also, this.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/812995-does-milk-count-as-water
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
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    That's definitely a debateable question. A long time ago, my grandmother's doctor told her to start drinking more water. She told him, "I drink plenty of water...in my tea, coffee...." He replied, "I didn't say, 'tea, or coffee,' I said, water!" I've tried MIO, and it makes the water taste just like a diet drink mix. In my opinion, based on what Grandma's doctor said all those years ago, I'd have to agree with your sister-in-law. Of course, it's just an opinion. Next time you see your family doctor, why not ask? It's a good question!

    Technically, coffee and tea don't count as water because they're diuretics. I'm not here to stand on a soapbox for MIO, but I highly doubt that adding it to your water makes it a diuretic.

    Coffee and tea absolutely count towards hydration (ie: water intake). The diuretic effect of the caffeine is not nearly enough to cancel out the hydration effect of the water content.
  • Akumu
    Akumu Posts: 120 Member
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    "Here's one way to look at it.... if you drank the glass of water and then squirted the Mio into your mouth a few moments later, wouldn't you count the glass of water?"


    I think this is a great point...
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

    http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

    http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

    http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/


    As for tea/coffee being a diuretic, so many people just spout that word as a reason, without actually understanding what "diuretic" means.

    di·u·ret·ic (d-rtk)
    adj.
    Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
    n.
    A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.

    Neat water is also a diuretic. The diuretic effect of caffeine is far, far outweighed by the actual water in the tea/coffee. Also, regular consumers of caffeinated beverages will build up a tolerance to said effect, eventually reaching the point where caffeinated drinks provide practically the same amount of hydration as a cup of neat water will.


    http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/46361-coffee-makes-dehydrated-say-what

    http://worldofcaffeine.com/2011/06/14/caffeine-does-not-dehydrate/

    http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm

    http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/04/surprise-caffeinated-tea-does-not-dehydrate-you/

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html

    http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-caffeine-dehydrate-not

    http://www.artofdrink.com/2009/12/caffeine-in-coffee-does-not-increase-dehydration-during-hangovers.php

    http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/do-caffeinated-beverages-cause-dehydration.htm

    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5552790&page=1#.TrQWc0O5_oo

    don't you go bringing facts to an MFP debate!
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
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    If you drank them each separately the water would count, so of course it cents if you drink together. If you drank a cup of water then ate a tea bag, the water would count, so together they cont. You just might need a little extra water to flush the caffeine or the chemicals if you are sensitive to them.
  • FoamyRiver
    FoamyRiver Posts: 276 Member
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    If it doesn't add calories or caffeine I count it as water. I count MIO, Crystal Light, caffeine free coffee and tea with artificial sweetners. This was the rule when I did Weight Watchers years ago so I still use it as my water rule.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    This topic is new and original
  • JennedyJLD
    JennedyJLD Posts: 123 Member
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    Just do the pee test. If you pee looks like lemonade, you're probably adequately hydrated. If your pee looks like apple juice, you need more water. If your pee is neon, get a better vitamin that you'll absorb instead of eliminate. :-)
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
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    If it doesn't add calories or caffeine I count it as water. I count MIO, Crystal Light, caffeine free coffee and tea with artificial sweetners. This was the rule when I did Weight Watchers years ago so I still use it as my water rule.

    You count water to ensure proper hydration, not to track calories. Obviously counting calories involves....counting things with calories. :indifferent:
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
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    oh the great mio debate...lets go around once more shall we?

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