If I drink a gallon of coffee...

SGM_Adonis
SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
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Does that meet my water quota for today?
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Yep.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    How does this answer my question?
  • ItsMeGee3
    ItsMeGee3 Posts: 13,254 Member
    I say yes but don't do it....You're gonna have to pee a LOT
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    I say yes but don't do it....You're gonna have to pee a LOT

    I already drink a gallon of water per day, but never count my coffee consumption as part of the water intake. So, I'm already peeing a "lot".
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
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  • Of_Monsters_and_Meat
    Of_Monsters_and_Meat Posts: 1,022 Member
    Nope. you put stuff into the water. Drink a gallon of coffee and a gallon of plain water, daily.
  • spunk_master_flex
    spunk_master_flex Posts: 65
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    Mixed C-4 with Red Bull. Send rescue.
  • bebreli
    bebreli Posts: 227 Member
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  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    Oh yeah well I drank a gallon of beer today....beat that!
  • LVCeltGirl
    LVCeltGirl Posts: 473
    I'd say go for it. Caffeine in the coffee might dehydrate you though causing you to drink even more water.
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    How does this answer my question?

    Quote from snopes link:
    Additionally, the idea that one must specifically drink water because the diuretic effects of caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea, and soda actually produce a net loss of fluid is erroneous:
    Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any, fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition in Omaha measured how different combinations of water, coffee and caffeinated sodas affected the hydration status of 18 healthy adults who drink caffeinated beverages routinely.

    "We found no significant differences at all," says nutritionist Ann Grandjean, the study's lead author. "The purpose of the study was to find out if caffeine is dehydrating in healthy people who are drinking normal amounts of it. It is not."

    The same goes for tea, juice, milk and caffeinated sodas: One glass provides about the same amount of hydrating fluid as a glass of water. The only common drinks that produce a net loss of fluids are those containing alcohol — and usually it takes more than one of those to cause noticeable dehydration, doctors say.
  • oneloopygirl
    oneloopygirl Posts: 151 Member
    I think you're stomach is gonna hurt. But as long as you're not using sugar and cream to add calories, I don't see why that can't count for water intake.It's just coffee flavored water! :)
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I'd say go for it. Caffeine in the coffee might dehydrate you though causing you to drink even more water.

    Caffeinated beverages hydrate the same as water.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15467100
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450118
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16131696
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    I think that reaching your water quota for the day will be the least of your worries if you drink that much coffee.
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    I think you're stomach is gonna hurt. But as long as you're not using sugar and cream to add calories, I don't see why that can't count for water intake.It's just coffee flavored water! :)

    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
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  • tchell99
    tchell99 Posts: 434 Member
    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    Agreed. I wish I could do black, but love that milky sweetness....
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    Agreed. I wish I could do black, but love that milky sweetness....

    Oh hai....

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    I got your milky sweetness.
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    You will poop. A lot.
  • BraveNewdGirl
    BraveNewdGirl Posts: 937 Member
    But the refined sugar! (This is where I clutch my pearls.)

    Unless you drink it black, which makes you the baddest of *sses in my book because I just can't do it. Maybe I'm terrible at making coffee, but it turns out pretty much like what I'd imagine liquified burnt arseholes taste like.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    How does this answer my question?
    By allowing you to read the article linked, along with the supporting evidence for the article, mostly.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    I think you're stomach is gonna hurt. But as long as you're not using sugar and cream to add calories, I don't see why that can't count for water intake.It's just coffee flavored water! :)

    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    QFT...although I have found vanilla protein powder to add deliciousness as well..I'm not sure if my problem is adding the protein powder to my coffee..or coffee to my protein powder...
  • dumb_blondes_rock
    dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
    I cant imagine your pee smelling too great, but this is coming from a girl who plans to eat asparagus every night for dinner for a while. But, I did just find out coffee has a bunch of potassium...so I say sure, why not
  • moseler
    moseler Posts: 224 Member
    Your body is capable of absorbing water from beverages other than water. Therefore, yes it counts. Think about all the people out there that NEVER drink plain water... they are not dying of dehydration. Don't get me wrong, do I think it's the best thing for you to drink that much coffee... probably not, but you will still get the water out of it.
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    How does this answer my question?
    By allowing you to read the article linked, along with the supporting evidence for the article, mostly.

    Sorry but I don't normally heed ".com" medical advice. I'd rather hear it from the MFP experts. Plus, TL:DR.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    Agreed. I wish I could do black, but love that milky sweetness....

    Oh hai....

    I got your milky sweetness.

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  • BraveNewdGirl
    BraveNewdGirl Posts: 937 Member
    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    Agreed. I wish I could do black, but love that milky sweetness....

    Oh hai....

    Dean_wink.gif

    I got your milky sweetness.

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    FIFY.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    How does this answer my question?
    By allowing you to read the article linked, along with the supporting evidence for the article, mostly.

    Sorry but I don't normally heed ".com" medical advice. I'd rather hear it from the MFP experts. Plus, TL:DR.
    You don't heed ".com" advice, but you'd take the advice from "myfitnesspal.com." Is the irony there intended, or. . . .?
  • tchell99
    tchell99 Posts: 434 Member
    I cannot live without cream and sugar. There would be no reason to live.

    Agreed. I wish I could do black, but love that milky sweetness....

    Oh hai....

    Dean_wink.gif

    I got your milky sweetness.

    Oh, oh! I will certainly take a gallon o' THAT.

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