water

sugarbabe70
sugarbabe70 Posts: 1
edited October 3 in Food and Nutrition
How many cups of water is a 1/2 litre?
When you calculate how much water does that include tea, coffee fizzy drinks and fruit juice?

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  • EmmaRankmore
    EmmaRankmore Posts: 125
    There's usually 250mls in a cup of water, which is 1/4 of a litre in one cup :)
  • EmmaRankmore
    EmmaRankmore Posts: 125
    I don't tend to include fizzy drinks/juices etc when looking at my 8 cups of water a day, but yes there is definitely water content in those.
  • moonlightuk
    moonlightuk Posts: 42 Member
    No, I dont count tea, coffee etc..only the water I drink..not sure if other people do the same.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    ANYTHING THAT IS NOT PURE WATER DOES NOT COUNT AS WATER, EVEN IF IT HAS WATER IN IT!

    Fizzy drinks have calories and other things in it that negates the purpose of drinking it for the water. Your body requires pure, clean water for two reasons: to maintain regular function (e.g. moving oxygen through the blood stream), and you flush all the nasty stuff out of your system (your liver/bladder/unmentionables).

    Juices, cocktails, alcohol, coffee, tea, etc. do not count towards water intake.

    If you drink something that isn't pure water, it doesn't count towards the 8 glasses/day, because you're adding stuff that needs to be digested and filtered out, using the water you drank with whatever you ingested.

    You should be drinking enough water every day to make your urine run relatively clear. If it's dark/heavily coloured, you need to drink more clean water. If it's clear, you're good to go.
  • Gail3260
    Gail3260 Posts: 354 Member
    I only log straight water in that section and I rarely drink more than 2 or 3 cups a day.......BUT......I eat a lot of salads and vegetables with a high water content so get plenty from them.
  • floshideaway
    floshideaway Posts: 101 Member
    I only log straight water in that section and I rarely drink more than 2 or 3 cups a day.......BUT......I eat a lot of salads and vegetables with a high water content so get plenty from them.
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    The water content in your veggies does not count. You need to actually drink the 6/8 glasses of clear water. Your kidneys need that water to flush out all the toxins in your body.
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