Can I count the water in my beer?

capnrus789
capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I mean, it's mostly water, right? So if it's 7% alcohol, that just a little more than 11 oz left. Subtract the barley, malt, and whatever extras might be in there, it's gotta be at least 8 or 9 oz of pure water, right?

I'm logging it, 1 beer = 8oz of water.
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  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
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  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    Makes as much sense as logging coffee, soda or milkshakes as water!
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    Man, have i been doing this wrong. I could be drinking beer and logging it as water? FML! That's 12 beers a day on average i haven't been drinking!! That's 12,000 beers i missed out on, since today is consecutive logging day 1000 for me.

    Thanks for opening my eyes russ. You sir, are a lifesaver!
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I think I have just found nirvana. Hydration pack, meet IPA!
  • conniedj
    conniedj Posts: 470 Member
    LoL. Thats all!

    I would say if you're drinking anything "light, lite, ultra" then yes--add that to your water count!
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!
  • conniedj
    conniedj Posts: 470 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Amen, sister. Glad you're not one with the Dark Side.
  • conniedj
    conniedj Posts: 470 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Amen, sister. Glad you're not one with the Dark Side.

    Nevah!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm sure you are being facetious, but you could legitimately count some of it. Alcohol is dehydrating so you’d have to account for that, but you do get hydration from most beer (those with abnormally high alcohol % might be an exception), just not as much as you get from non-alcoholic drinks.
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    Erm.............Don't think so??
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    Only if I can count my cider as both water and towards my five a day. Mixed Berries counts a two!!
  • Squamation
    Squamation Posts: 522 Member
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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Amen, sister. Glad you're not one with the Dark Side.

    But what about dark beers?? :laugh: :laugh:

    Despite the fact that alcohol has a slight diuretic effect you are still netting positive fluid intake. People fixate on water (which I drink) but your fluids can come from tea, coffee, juice, beer, fruits & vegetables etc etc. The whole 8 glasses a day is a contrived number that's used simply because it's easy to remember.

    "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
    - Benjamin Franklin -
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
    I will just have me a six pack of water please :drinker:
  • rainunrefined
    rainunrefined Posts: 850 Member
    Only if you count the calories in your toothpaste too. Might as well log it all.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Meh, I like some light beers, especially on a really hot summer day when the dark stuff is just too heavy. I'm not a beer snob with my beer color or label and I don't care what other snobs think of it. I like what I like and I drink what I like. I don’t like all light beers any more than I like all beer of any type. My taste buds are my only ‘snob meter’.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    I log the water separately, that way other drinks are bonus fluid!!
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
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    Cause its awesome.
  • georgann1114
    georgann1114 Posts: 30 Member
    I mean, it's mostly water, right? So if it's 7% alcohol, that just a little more than 11 oz left. Subtract the barley, malt, and whatever extras might be in there, it's gotta be at least 8 or 9 oz of pure water, right?


    LOL I like your thinking
  • mistyblu13
    mistyblu13 Posts: 71 Member
    uhhhh ya NO nice try though lol I had thought of that too a while ago but alcohol is a diuretic along with coffee and soda and caffeinated tea.....so they cant count,..,,plus it has a lot of cals ...and makes you eat more :)


    and yes I am a lite beer drinker!! lol
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    Only if it's mainstream American beer because as Eric Idle said, American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's &^*(ing close to water. :drinker:
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member
    Only if it's mainstream American beer because as Eric Idle said, American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's &^*(ing close to water. :drinker:

    You beat me to it!!

    Oh, for those of you taking this post too seriously... Caffeine in the quantities you get in tea, coffee, and soda and alcohol in the amount you get in beer isn't enough of a diuretic to negate hydration. As long as you're drinking less than 500mg of caffeine (5 cups of coffee) or drinks with less than 10% alcohol, you're hydrating. Drink up!
  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    Lolz
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    Since beer is liquid bread, I count my hefeweizen as a meal... the beer is a slice of whole wheat and a glass of water, and the lemon is dessert!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Since beer is liquid bread, I count my hefeweizen as a meal... the beer is a slice of whole wheat and a glass of water, and the lemon is dessert!

    OMG, I thought my husband was the only one that called it liquid bread! But "whole wheat"??? What is the fiber count on that whole wheat beer of yours? :huh:

    *** According to my nutritionist friend it doesn't count as whole grain beer even if you put Benefiber in it.
  • b7bbs
    b7bbs Posts: 158 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Agreed, I'm a lager girl. Yuengling all the way!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Light? BLASPHEMER!

    Don't go hatin'. I don't drink that stuff....I just said list it as water if you do. Life is too short for lite" beer". ; )

    Agreed, I'm a lager girl. Yuengling all the way!

    Yuengling makes a light beer.
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    It'd be great if you could, but you can't. Alcohol acts to suppress ADH (anti-diuretic hormone) so it makes you pee more. So while yes it technically does hydrate you, it will make pee out at least what you drink, and most likely more.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Think about this throughout human history the only safe way to drink water was through fermentation and distillation. So heck yeah you can count it your great great great great great great great great Grandpa did.

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