tea to replace 8 cups of water?

If you mean for the purpose of hydrating your body, yes.

Of course you can.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/821181-myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements

as long as your pee is light yellow it doesn't matter what you are drinking.

Yes, log the amount of water you used (1 cup? 2? etc)

if it's pure water (with nothing else, not even gas) log it as your water. if it's not, put it in your food diary.

Well in that case, I guess I never get to log any of my hydration. :noway:

All fluids hydrate you. If your tea is decaf, it doesn't have a diuretic effect and is basically water. There's no reason you can't log it as such. Make sure you log calories like sugar and cream, though.

It takes 8 liters of water to make a liter of beer. I get to log a lot of water.

It takes 8 liters of water to make a liter of beer. I get to log a lot of water.

?? There's about a liter of water in a liter of beer. While it may take more to make beer, most of that is evaporated away during brewing. If you make pasta, you don't log the water you boiled the pasta in, do you?

I love plain ole water; but you dont need water to stay hydrated. In fact, you could go forever without having to drink anything.

http://www.rodale.com/water-foods

It takes 8 liters of water to make a liter of beer. I get to log a lot of water.

?? There's about a liter of water in a liter of beer. While it may take more to make beer, most of that is evaporated away during brewing. If you make pasta, you don't log the water you boiled the pasta in, do you?

For the pasta, I weigh it before and after and log the difference.

The bigger question is why you think you need a quota of 8 cups of water per day. Total myth. I'm with Evegni, I take mine in beer! :drinker:

I am an avid tea drinker, and agree with most of you... Tea does have caffeine, and therefore is a diuretic; however, this mainly depends one what type of tea you are drinking. For instance, green teas have only about one fourth the amount caffeine as a cup of coffee, and is therefore not nearly as much of a diuretic.

Here are a few stats- number of mg of caffeine per cup.

Coffee, drip 115-176mg
Coffee, brewed 80-135mg
Tea, white 6-25mg
Tea, green 15-30mg
Tea, black 40-60mg

Depends on how it's made, so sources differ slightly. Also there are other teas (such as mate, rooibos, and herbal teas) that range from NO caffeine to MORE caffeine than a cup of coffee... Teas also have a host of other health benefits.

In my opinion, It's all about doing your homework, knowing what you are consuming, and doing what works for you. I will continue to drink my tea daily, and post it in my "water consumption." I feel that tea if the lesser of two evils when it comes to the tea vs. coffee debate. With either tea or coffee the main thing to be wary of is whatever you choose to add such as: milk, cream, or sweeteners...

Caffeine has negligible diuretic properties .Water is a far greater diuretic.

http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/12187618

"The literature indicates that caffeine consumption stimulates a mild diuresis similar to water, but there is no evidence of a fluid-electrolyte imbalance that is detrimental to exercise performance or health"

"Investigations comparing caffeine (100-680 mg) to water or placebo seldom found a statistical difference in urine volume."

http://www.jacn.org/content/19/5/591.short

"This preliminary study found no significant differences in the effect of various combinations of beverages on hydration status of healthy adult males. Advising people to disregard caffeinated beverages as part of the daily fluid intake is not substantiated by the results of this study."

You are not agreeing with most posters - you are actually disagreeing with most.

It takes 8 liters of water to make a liter of beer. I get to log a lot of water.

?? There's about a liter of water in a liter of beer. While it may take more to make beer, most of that is evaporated away during brewing. If you make pasta, you don't log the water you boiled the pasta in, do you?

For the pasta, I weigh it before and after and log the difference.

:laugh: What about fruit?

A cup of tea alone would not be a bad thing for water replacement, but if you add sugar etc then it needs to be logged because it has more calories. Here is something I found to tell how many ounces of water a day a person needs to drink.

To figure out how much water you need, divide your body weight by 2. This is the number of ounces you should drink per day.

Body weight (lbs) / 2 = ounces of water per day

For example: A 200 pound person should drink 100 ounces of water every day.

•Drink 16oz upon rising
•Drink 8-16oz 30-60 minutes before each meal
•Sip a maximum of 8oz during a meal
•Resume drinking 1 hour after each meal
•Drink 8oz 1 hour before bed


There are also bad, good, and better times to drink water.

1.After sleeping for several hours it makes sense to drink a good portion upon rising.
2.Stop drinking at least 30 minutes before each meal. Water dilutes stomach acid therefore lessens its digestive efficiency.
3.Sip only small amounts of water during a meal for the same reason.
4.Allow 1 hour following a meal before resuming water intake to assure food has moved properly through the stomach and upper digestive tract.
5.Stop drinking 1 hour before bed to lessen the need to get up during the night to use the bathroom.

If it has calories, sugar or milk added, I log under food....No calories, Splenda, Stevia, or Truvia sweetend, I log as water, Same for any other additional things to flavor water. (Mio, True Lemon, etc.)
If it has calories, log
No calories, water.