Does Fresh Brewed Ice Tea count towards water

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  • kalkat
    kalkat Posts: 48
    Wow, I wouldn't have pegged this topic to be so... whatever it is :smile:

    I count my tea as water, but I drink decaf green tea mixed with fruit or herb tea iced. I make a big 2 litre in the morning and drink throughout the day. I drink a lot of water too, but just water all day is boring. (In my opinion)

    Tracking tea as water is a personal preference. I don't believe there is a right or wrong answer. Do what you think is best for you and your body.
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    The UK National Healthservice says:
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    http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/water-drinks.aspx
    The Department of Health recommends that we should drink about 1.2 litres of fluid every day to stop us getting dehydrated. This works out to be about six 200ml or eight 150ml glasses, cups or mugs. In hotter climates, the body needs more water than this.

    The total amount of water we lose each day and need to replace is in fact greater than this – about 2.5 litres – but we get 1 litre of the fluid we need from food and the body recovers 0.3 litres from chemical reactions in our cells. The rest needs to be taken from drinks.

    All drinks count, but water, milk and fruit juices are the healthiest. It is best to avoid alcoholic drinks.

    It’s fine to drink tea and coffee as part of a balanced diet. But it's important that tea, coffee or other drinks containing caffeine are not your only source of fluid.
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  • midnight333
    midnight333 Posts: 149
    Is that kind of like saying "aspartame isn't as carcinogenics as most people think it is, so really it's ok"

    or wait no..........this is more like "can I count french fries as veggies?"

    Tea (or coffee or soda or juice) isn't water. You can count whatever you want as whatever else you want, I suppose, but the bottom line is if you have to ask..........if you have to make excuses to justify it......... that's your answer right there. Count WATER as water. Because water is water. Just cause Mt. Dew has water in it doesn't make it count toward water.
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    Tea (or coffee or soda or juice) isn't water. You can count whatever you want as whatever else you want, I suppose, but the bottom line is if you have to ask..........if you have to make excuses to justify it......... that's your answer right there. Count WATER as water. Because water is water.

    So, if I drink a bottle of water, and eat my crystal light powder seperately, it would count as water but if I mix the powder into the water, then drink it, it doesn't count. Hmmmm, not sure I can agree with your theory of what counts as water.
    Any unsweetened water base drink can be counted as water.
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    This is my favorite response of all time.

    I don't count my water, I just make sure my urine is clear...I also average about 5 16-oz tumblers of water/day at work plus anything else I drink during the day though so the only time I really need to worry is on weekends.
  • mat0424
    mat0424 Posts: 42 Member
    Tea (or coffee or soda or juice) isn't water. You can count whatever you want as whatever else you want, I suppose, but the bottom line is if you have to ask..........if you have to make excuses to justify it......... that's your answer right there. Count WATER as water. Because water is water.

    So, if I drink a bottle of water, and eat my crystal light powder seperately, it would count as water but if I mix the powder into the water, then drink it, it doesn't count. Hmmmm, not sure I can agree with your theory of what counts as water.
    Any unsweetened water base drink can be counted as water.
    This is my favorite response of all time.

    I don't count my water, I just make sure my urine is clear...I also average about 5 16-oz tumblers of water/day at work plus anything else I drink during the day though so the only time I really need to worry is on weekends.
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    I LOVE THIS REPLY!!! LOL I think I will go eat a packet of Crystal Light...or go all out and take a big hit off of some MIO liquid water enhancer!:devil:
  • jshelto7
    jshelto7 Posts: 1
    what Do You Think All Those SodaS And And Teas Mostly Consist Of? Water.... It All "Counts" As Water Consumption. You Just HaveToAdd The Extra calories. (Sorry For Weird Typing My Phone Is Being Weird)Also have
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Even sweetened stuff counts. I used to work with a guy for a few years who never drank anything but Coke with only one exception which was when he added rum to his Coke. Coke with breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was his little quirk. And yeah, he was overweight, probably technically obese but not morbidly. But he was not dehydrated. So even carbonation, sugar and caffeine don't counteract the hydration. They make it less efficient and I don't recommend drinking nothing but Coke, but it does count toward hydration.
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    That's cheating. Why don't you count the water in your vegetables too? Or the water from meat? There's water in Pepsi. Would you count that?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    My water doesn't turn solid or into something else entirely when I add tea or other flavor to it. It's still a liquid and 99.99% water so I count it as water.
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    That's cheating. Why don't you count the water in your vegetables too? Or the water from meat? There's water in Pepsi. Would you count that?

    Cheating? The water count is to make sure you stay properly hydrated; it's not a punishment.

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