Water

I would say no and I think that's the general consensus I've seen in other posts on this topic. Others may disagree but you really need to have a decent amount of water in its purest form to keep hydrated and to cleanse your system.

Vitamin water or zero water are good - vitamin water due to the extra nutrients, but just look at the calories etc and work that into your programme

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This is just my two cents, I'm sure there's others that haven't had the same experience, but I really struggled with trying to fit pure water into my daily life. Fact was I just didn't like it. I didn't count anything else as water on my diary, but in my head I gave myself credit for water when I drank diet sodas and such like that, but for the past month or so I've been making it a point to drink as much pure water I can throughout the day. And it seems like the pounds are just falling off. I haven't changed anything else about my diet or exercise program.

Water intake has always been a challenge for me....mostly because I am in sales in the car all day and it becomes difficult. I am trying to get more in during the evening....

This posted twice for some reason...lol

8 cups of water can come from various sources: juice/tea/fruit/veggies/ etc... not just pure water

Here ya go: http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Nope... straight, plain, clean, beautiful water only teas and coffee are a diuretic.. they definitely shouldn't be counted toward your water for the day.

Completely wrong i'm afraid. This is an old myth that has been disproved many times.

Here we go again!

You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/


As for coffee being a diuretic, so many people just spout that word as a reason, without actually understanding what "diuretic" means.

di·u·ret·ic (d-rtk)
adj.
Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
n.
A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.

Neat water is also a diuretic. The diuretic effect of caffeine is far, far outweighed by the actual water in the tea/coffee. Also, regular consumers of caffeinated beverages will build up a tolerance to said effect, eventually reaching the point where caffeinated drinks provide practically the same amount of hydration as a cup of neat water will.


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

http://worldofcaffeine.com/2011/06/14/caffeine-does-not-dehydrate/

http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/04/surprise-caffeinated-tea-does-not-dehydrate-you/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html

http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-caffeine-dehydrate-not

http://www.artofdrink.com/2009/12/caffeine-in-coffee-does-not-increase-dehydration-during-hangovers.php

http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/do-caffeinated-beverages-cause-dehydration.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5552790&page=1#.TrQWc0O5_oo