Water that's not really water... I am soooo confused!

The Straight Talk
In his review, “Caffeine, Body Fluid-Electrolyte Balance, and Exercise Performance,” Lawrence E. Armstrong, a professor of exercise physiology at the University of Connecticut disproves the notion that caffeinated beverages rob us of our precious fluids. By reviewing the scientific research on the subject, he concludes that although caffeine, like water, is a mild diuresis (it increases excretion of urine), moderate caffeine consumption does not produce a “fluid-electrolyte imbalance” that can affect health or exercise performance. Furthermore, we retain roughly the same amount of fluid after drinking a caffeinated beverage as we do after drinking water.

Even more encouraging for habitual coffee consumers is the finding that those with caffeine tolerance have reduced likelihood that a fluid electrolyte imbalance will occur. The more regular your caffeine habit, the more fluid your body is conditioned to retain.

Other findings support his conclusions. A small study done at the University of Nebraska tested the body weight, urine output, and blood of eighteen subjects after they consumed caffeinated and non-caffeinated beverages. They determined that there was “no significant differences in the effect of various combinations of beverages on hydration status of healthy adult males.” The Institute of Medicine expert panel on water and electrolyte intake asserts that the diuretic effects of caffeine are transient, and that coffee, tea, and colas can contribute to total water intake.



Via http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/46361-coffee-makes-dehydrated-say-what#ixzz1ZApP9Igd

How did the 8 X 8 myth start? Valtin thinks that the notion may have started in 1945 when the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council recommended approximately “1 milliliter of water for each calorie of food,” which would amount to roughly 2 to 2.5 quarts per day (64 to 80 ounces).

In its next sentence the board stated, “[M]ost of this quantity is contained in prepared foods.” But that last sentence seems to have been missed, so that the recommendation was erroneously interpreted as how much water a person should drink each day.

It personal preference. Some people, for reasons I have never been able to fathom, only count plain water. Others count water with fruit in it, but not if you put tea leaves in it. Others, more reasonably, count all liquids. If you are just trying to stay hydrated, then you should count them all.

I was brought up this way and this is the way that my mom's nephrologist said it should be done to ensure the kidneys are properly filtering at all times. A lot of the toxins don't get filtered out of the blood by counting other sources of fluid as water intake.

I will go with what the kidney specialist says as he was a long term and very trusted doctor for my mom.

I will not take any chances with my kidney health and ending up on dialysis like my mom did.

It personal preference. Some people, for reasons I have never been able to fathom, only count plain water. Others count water with fruit in it, but not if you put tea leaves in it. Others, more reasonably, count all liquids. If you are just trying to stay hydrated, then you should count them all.

I was brought up this way and this is the way that my mom's nephrologist said it should be done to ensure the kidneys are properly filtering at all times. A lot of the toxins don't get filtered out of the blood by counting other sources of fluid as water intake.

I will go with what the kidney specialist says as he was a long term and very trusted doctor for my mom.

I will not take any chances with my kidney health and ending up on dialysis like my mom did.

Then those people doing the shooting would be included in the "I am right you are wrong" crowds.

I believe one way some believe another and who am I to say which is right or wrong, so if you or anyone else takes offense to my comment, sorry, my intention was to point out that this can be a heated topic and people can be, shall we say, forcefull in their opinions either way.

Have a great day!!!