Tea

Melmo1988
Melmo1988 Posts: 293 Member
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: 3,374 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: 25,596 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: 25,596 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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