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Tea

Melmo1988
Melmo1988 Posts: 293 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you log loose leaf tea or just what you add to it? And do you count it towards your water intake?

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  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,375 Member
    Tea itself is no calories (unless you are eating the tea leaves). I would only log things added to the tea. Yes, it counts towards your water goals,
  • bellaesprita000
    bellaesprita000 Posts: 384 Member
    I log my teas and other 0 calorie drinks, but do not count them towards my water goals.
  • My4happykids
    My4happykids Posts: 124 Member
    I do log my tea, I do not count it toward water because some teas are diuretic thus they can dehydrate you.
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  • My4happykids
    My4happykids Posts: 124 Member
    @suzannesimmons3 that may be but it does the same thing as a diuretic does to your kidneys. And your kidneys are very important, you do not want to damage them.
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  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
    Tea is not a diuretic and is fine for the kidneys. I count it as part of my water intake. Alcoholic beverages are the only thing that should not be counted toward fluid intake. The alcohol is truly a diuretic.
  • dead_phan
    dead_phan Posts: 2 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    My4happykids wrote: »
    @suzannesimmons3 that may be but it does the same thing as a diuretic does to your kidneys. And your kidneys are very important, you do not want to damage them.

    No it doesn't. ....scientists have proven that caffeine is not a diuretic. Tea or coffee if you have normally functional kidneys does not damage them at all.

    Source?
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  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
    I log tea if I've added milk, but not otherwise.
    I always add it to my water intake because, uh, it's made of water...
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,882 Member
    I never log tea or coffee.

    They're both 0 calories.
  • Kalex1975
    Kalex1975 Posts: 427 Member
    I log tea only to keep in the habit of logging everything. (@machka9 - coffee is not zero calories, 1 calorie per a generic 8 oz up to 5 calories for a venti size at Starbucks.)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,882 Member
    edited October 2017
    Kalex1975 wrote: »
    (@machka9 - coffee is not zero calories, 1 calorie per a generic 8 oz up to 5 calories for a venti size at Starbucks.)

    Oooooo! 1 calorie!

    Well fortunately I haven't darkened the door of a Starbucks in about a decade, and then only once, I think.

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