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Should tea be included in water intake?

heyitslexi95
Posts: 39 Member
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if tea would be counted in as part of daily water intake. On average I drink tea daily, Venti Iced Green Tea (w/ 0 Cal Sweetener) from Starbucks & an Earl Grey tea (w/ 0 Cal Sweetener & a drip of Skim Milk). Should I be including this?
Thank you for your answers ahead of time :-)
I was wondering if tea would be counted in as part of daily water intake. On average I drink tea daily, Venti Iced Green Tea (w/ 0 Cal Sweetener) from Starbucks & an Earl Grey tea (w/ 0 Cal Sweetener & a drip of Skim Milk). Should I be including this?
Thank you for your answers ahead of time :-)
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Yup, anything liquid. In fact, the water in your food is also counted by your body as water. It makes the old "you must have X amount a day" a bit of a red herring.
But yes. Even coffee, soft drink and juice counts. Just because it has other things in it doesn't make it less hydrating.7 -
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Yup. Anything with calories should be included in your food log, but all beverages can also be counted as water.4
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^^ What SHE said.1
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Absolutely0
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Of course - flavored water is still water.0
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Yes... and I eat and drink my water.. It all counts towards the water goal!!0
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You should not worry about it and just stay hydrated.0
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They say tea and coffee counts as water.. I drink around 3L of tea a day, my results are : Just drink tea, no plain water = fluid retention. Drink tea plus plain water alongside it = No fluid retention. So, i'm not 100% sold on tea counting as water even though the premise makes sense, my body happens to disagree.0
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Tea counts but you need to also during plain water two0
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