Does drinking water really help?

Are you ****ting me?

lol.. right!

Controversial this, but you can get the water you need from anything you drink - juice, tea, coffee, soda, soup, you name it!

The only exception is alcohol which is diuretic.

please, for the love of Pete (whoever he is), do NOT count juice, tea, coffee, soda, or soup towards your water intake goal each day. Please.

Drink water. plain water. ice is great. Mio is ok. But please, PLEASE, do yourself a favor, and do NOT count anything else towards your water intake, mkay?

Controversial this, but you can get the water you need from anything you drink - juice, tea, coffee, soda, soup, you name it!

The only exception is alcohol which is diuretic.

Yeah, but most other things have... well.. other things, in them.

Tea and coffee are diuretics, plus if you take milk, that's 25 calories for a 25ml splash of semi skimmed. If you take sugar, that's 15 calories per sugar.

Soda is definitely a dehydrating drink.

Fruit juice contains loads of fruit sugars which are fine enough but better to consum these via a whole fruit to get the fibre benefit as well.

You get a lot of water from food and other sources but I guess that's just what you need to survive as a bare minimum. I've gone a whole week before now without any actual water and didn't die or even feel thirsty. Not too cool though and certainly not optimal.

Water is completely free of anything except water! Calorie free so you can have as much as you like

Controversial this, but you can get the water you need from anything you drink - juice, tea, coffee, soda, soup, you name it!

The only exception is alcohol which is diuretic.

Yeah, but most other things have... well.. other things, in them.

Tea and coffee are diuretics, plus if you take milk, that's 25 calories for a 25ml splash of semi skimmed. If you take sugar, that's 15 calories per sugar.

Soda is definitely a dehydrating drink.

Fruit juice contains loads of fruit sugars which are fine enough but better to consum these via a whole fruit to get the fibre benefit as well.

You get a lot of water from food and other sources but I guess that's just what you need to survive as a bare minimum. I've gone a whole week before now without any actual water and didn't die or even feel thirsty. Not too cool though and certainly not optimal.

Water is completely free of anything except water! Calorie free so you can have as much as you like

I like your style.

Tea and coffee are diuretics, plus if you take milk, that's 25 calories for a 25ml splash of semi skimmed. If you take sugar, that's 15 calories per sugar.

Soda is definitely a dehydrating drink.

Nope, that's a much-repeated myth. This from Wikipedia, with links to the research:

"Contrary to popular belief, caffeine does not act as a diuretic when consumed in moderation, and does not lead to dehydration or to a water-electrolyte imbalance; current evidence suggests that caffeinated beverages contribute to the body's daily fluid requirements no differently from pure water."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee#Laxative.2Fdiuretic

Same with soda.

For hydration purposes any of these will do.

For minimal calorie vales, sure, go with water, but you may just die of boredom if you totally avoid drinks you like.

There is no scientific proof behind the eight glasses a day myth either. Here's the Snopes article debunking with research sources.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

You CAN drink too much water, though. A marathon running friend collapsed and was in a coma for a week through hyponatraemia. Rare but can be fatal.

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Are you suggesting that beer doesn't contain water. I drink 8 glasses a day. It all beer, so what!

Up until the mid-Victorian era you stood a good chance of dying of cholera if you drank water rather than beer.

I decided to be non snarky because this turned serious.

I haven't seen anything to back up the claims of the water/soda/tea stuff. references?

Tea and coffee are diuretics, plus if you take milk, that's 25 calories for a 25ml splash of semi skimmed. If you take sugar, that's 15 calories per sugar.

Soda is definitely a dehydrating drink.

Nope, that's a much-repeated myth. This from Wikipedia, with links to the research:

"Contrary to popular belief, caffeine does not act as a diuretic when consumed in moderation, and does not lead to dehydration or to a water-electrolyte imbalance; current evidence suggests that caffeinated beverages contribute to the body's daily fluid requirements no differently from pure water."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee#Laxative.2Fdiuretic

Same with soda.

For hydration purposes any of these will do.

For minimal calorie vales, sure, go with water, but you may just die of boredom if you totally avoid drinks you like.

There is no scientific proof behind the eight glasses a day myth either. Here's the Snopes article debunking with research sources.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

You CAN drink too much water, though. A marathon running friend collapsed and was in a coma for a week through hyponatraemia. Rare but can be fatal.

Suit yourself. If you want to try and get to the peak of your physical fitness drinking nothing but soda and coffee, go right ahead.

Best of luck with that...

UGH! That is all.

Water!?! Do you KNOW what fish do in that stuff?