What drinks qualify as water?

As is water. Should I stop drinking water?

Umm- water is not a diuretic... does it help keep bowels moving- yes. Will it cause you to defecate just by drinking it? No. Coffee on the other hand, increases and aids in defecating, which is why some doctors will tell people to drink it if they are having issues with constipation.

lmao the replied in this thread kill me

So you're saying water wouldnt kill you too? Proof?

Coors Light and Bud Light

As is water. Should I stop drinking water?

Umm- water is not a diuretic... does it help keep bowels moving- yes. Will it cause you to defecate just by drinking it? No. Coffee on the other hand, increases and aids in defecating, which is why some doctors will tell people to drink it if they are having issues with constipation.

Thank you.

Diuretic:

Anything non-alcoholic and liquid (or even just "juicy" like a fruit)counts in my book.

Crystal light, soda, coffee, milk, soup, juice, watermelon... it's all WATER...

Now, I personally choose to drink at least 64 ounces of actual unflavored water a day because I like it and I don't necessarily want the sodium from soup, the aspartame from crystal light, the calories from milk, etc.. but all of those things can still be counted as water!

Caffeine consumed in coffee will not cause negative hydration.. maybe if you took straight caffeine pills.. MAYBE.... but with coffee, you're getting a small amount of caffeine put in a whole lot of WATER!

I don't understand why people just can't make it a habit to drink 8 cups of water a day. I make sure I have 4 cups drank before lunch, so the rest of the day I need a minimum of 4, but I usually end up drinking 10-14 cups of water a day. Water is better when you just drink is by itself... sure water is in coffee, sodas, and juices, but you are getting unnecessary extra sugar, carbs, and calories. And if your pee isn't clear you're definitely not getting enough Just my 2 cents.

Because some people (LIKE ME) don't enjoy drinking water. I don't care for plain water except on rare occasions. So rather than force feed myself what's the big deal if I mix in a packet of Crystal Light or some similar flavoring? Yes I know all about the supposed evils of aspartame but considering I'm not a lab rat being injected with 20 times the suggested daily dosage, I think I'll take my chances.

What I don't understand is why people who choose to drink plain water insist that it's what everyone should do to the point of making up bizarre theories and stories illustrating why anything else is b-a-a-a-a-a-a-d. You drink plain water and you enjoy it, great!! More power to you. I don't enjoy it most of the time so I choose to drink something else, so leave me alone and quit trying to convince me that I'm destroying my body by doing so.

I hate plain water, too. If it weren't for Mio, Clamato and coffee I would have died many years ago.

Remember that time at the Tour de France when they passed out tall glasses of iced coffee to all the competitors as they sped by?

And when researchers at the University of Florida wrung out the football players' shirts after practice and found that sweat contained a grande latte?

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Sorry - I'll shut up and be more positive. Y'all stay healthy.

Hehehe. Diuretic:

LOL. I think she's confusing 'diuretic' with 'diarrhetic'. Which makes her reply no more or less useful and informed than most of the responses in this thread.

diuretic noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Any drug that increases the flow of urine from the body. Diuretics promote removal of excess water, salts, poisons, and metabolic wastes to help relieve edema, kidney failure, or glaucoma. Most types act by decreasing the amount of fluid that is reabsorbed by the kidney's nephrons and passed back into the blood. Diuretics that allow the body to retain potassium are used for patients with hypertension or congestive heart failure.




If you are suffering from fluid retention, also called edema, you may benefit from the use of a diuretic. A diuretic is a substance that increases urine production. There are a number of prescription diuretics, but there are also a number of natural alternatives. Tread cautiously when self-treating with diuretic foods and drinks: too many diuretics can cause dehydration, which can be serious.

CAFFEINE
Caffeine is a diuretic frequently consumed in beverage form. According to the University of Illinois McKinley Health Center, moderate consumption of beverages containing caffeine, such as coffee, soda or black tea, will not cause you to become dehydrated: the liquid in these beverages offsets the diuretic effects of the caffeine. However, each individual reacts differently to caffeine.

Pretty sure I am not confusing anything...


also "diarrhetic" and "diuretic" are the same thing, one of them is just spelled wrong- want to take a gander at which one?

To an extent it depends on the ultimate purpose of drinking water. As has been pointed out, even caffeinated beverages will hydrate you.

But for example if your urologist tells you to drink lots of water, that's a much stronger push to drinking just regular unadulterated water. I suffer from kidney stones and an irritable bladder, so I drink only water and the occasional juice. Anything caffeinated irritates my bladder and black tea in particular is a high source of oxalate which causes kidney stones.

So the answer to what qualifies as water is really - "why do you ask?".

Does ice count as water? Or only after it melts..???

Wrong, it is now coffee. As for your pot roast it is apparent that you don't understand, yes it does still contain protein and is still called a pot roast but through the cooking process other components of the meat have completely been altered I think the point of drinking water specifically and documenting it on a weight loss site would be to quench your thirst calorie free rather than hydrating with juice etc. (as for the 5 extra calories coffee adds this may be insignificant to some but perhaps not to others)

I'm about to blow our mind, but here's a secret: If something you drink has calories, you can (GET THIS!) log it in the food diary to account for the calories AND -- AT THE SAME EXACT TIME AND THE WORLD WILL NOT END!!!! -- tick it off as 8 oz of liquid on the water counter.

I know, right? It's just so crazy.

If you're concerned about getting enough water, drink water. Juice isn't water, coffee isn't water... water is water.

I must be doing it wrong...this morning, I put the coffee grounds in some paper, and then poured some water in there, turned it on, and then magic happened and the water ran over the coffee grounds and ended up in the pot...it's still water right?

If I understand you correctly, when I put a pot roast in the crock pot, add water, veggies, and spices, and let it cook all day, by the time I get home the pot roast is no longer a pot roast and can no longer be counted as meat and therefore no longer protein?

sure it is, next time you go to get a coffee from a cafe, i hope they give you a mug of hot water :drinker: since its you know, the same exact thing anyway.

You're exactly right...that was my point...it has nothing to do with there still being water in the coffee or that it still hydrates...just that it's the exact same thing. I enjoy my steaming cup of hot water from the cafe all the time. It's YUM-O! :drinker:

I'm confused. So if I drink water at the same time that I eat water soluble food, does that make this water less...uh...qualified as water than if I drink the water when not eating food? If so, how much time should I wait after drinking water before I eat food in order to not diminish the effectiveness of the water?

Let me clear this up for you: Basically if you drink your water while you are eating your salad, you have to log it as soup.

If your salad is then followed by meat of any kind, you must go back in and log it as stew.

No water for you!

And if I eat sugary candy shortly before or after drinking plain water, log it as koolaid, right?

That makes sense...since running the water through tea leaves or ground coffee beans makes it stop being water too.

Alright then, case closed. /thread

(I guess now we can move on to the next MFP forum argument that recurs ever 7-14 days. Could someone please check the schedule and let me know what's up next?)

I'm pretty sure starvation mode is on deck.

All I know is historically, everyone who has drank water eventually died... don't risk it!!!