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Question on water

nanaBeth55
nanaBeth55 Posts: 24
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Years ago, my family doctor told me to always drink my diet drinks in a glass with ice bringing water into the mix. I did for a while but soon quit. Recently, I started back to drinking my diet drinks with ice again. If the ice doesn't melt in the drink, I always finish it off! Does that count for water? I also drink water with ice as well, but I was just curious if anyone has ever been told about ice.

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  • cantwaitk8
    cantwaitk8 Posts: 28 Member
    I am not really sure but I would think if the drink is caffinated then the ice will offset the water loss as a result of the caffiene. Caffiene causes dehydration.
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    I drink my wine with ice and soda water but I still seem to get drunk..... :laugh:

    It makes sense that ice will melt into water. Its a good idea, altho I dont think you're cancelling out the rubbish in soda (or wine!), just drinking more water, which is good for the liver, I would think :bigsmile:
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    Ice counts as water I guess, but I wouldn't think if you're just adding ice to your drinks that you're getting an adequate amount of water each day. For example, if you have an 8 oz. glass and you put some ice in it and fill the rest up with diet pop, you can't count that as 8 oz. of water...

    I used to have a lot of trouble drinking water because it was just so boring. I noticed that if I squeeze a little lemon in it or drink it through a big straw (like one from McDonald's) it tends to go down a lot easier.
  • daniran
    daniran Posts: 233 Member
    I think he was trying to get you to use ice to dilute the "non-sugar" content in the soda. Although there are no calories to diet soda, they still will promote the urge to eat and/or drink more carbs. In other words, they affect the system the same way as sugar, and are probably just as bad on the kidneys as sugar. Hope this helps.
  • nanaBeth55
    nanaBeth55 Posts: 24
    Thanks all who answered....I'm sure that he was working on me adding more water cause he KNEW I wasn't going to give up the diet soda!!! LOL It is low-sodium and I don't drink coffee so the caffeine really isn't an issue...never had a problem with it. Just so you guys won't worry...I do get my water in throughout the day. I usually drink a glass of diet soda and won't drink another till I get a couple of glasses of water in. I also use a squirt of fresh lemon juice to give a zip to the water. Thanks again!
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