Does coffee count for water?

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  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,226 Member
    dietitian says that it should count as water, not just coffee but everything else with water including slurpee, coke, juice, soup, etc. Inside the body it all goes in separate ways, down to vitamins, minerals and liquids which is water.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Coffee is not water.

    Water is water.



    LOL, best response EVER!!

    Straight to the point,

    How do you make coffee? A lot of water and a little bit of coffee grinds.

    How do you make a scoth and water? Guess that counts too...

    Actually, you would get some hydration from scotch and water, but since alcohol is dehydrating you probably should not count the entire amount.
  • QueenJayJay
    QueenJayJay Posts: 1,079 Member
    I have always been curious about this as well. So basically everyone seems to be 50/50. Only one person has come back with actual articles regarding this. Guess I will go with their opinion or maybe I will just continue to be curious about this topic. LOL

    It's not opinion.

    Coffee is not water.

    Flour is not bread.

    Chicken is not beef.

    ...it's not rocket science.

    These are not accurate analogies.

    If you are counting how many servings of water you consume, you would count coffee, because coffee contains water.

    If you were counting how many servings of flour you consumed, then you would count bread, because bread has flour in it.

    If you were counting how many servings of meat you consume, you could count chicken, because it is meat.

    It really isn't rocket science! :flowerforyou:

    Oh dear, you're grossly overthinking my comment.

    These things are similar, but not equal. Very basic concept. No complex analogy of what contains what.

    So no, it really isn't rocket science.

    Just curious: soda contains water. Do you count it as water?
  • maryjay51
    maryjay51 Posts: 742
    i drink as much coffee as i want but have scaled back because im drinking green tea now.. i dont count coffee as a drink..i try to count all my water as a drink instead .. i drink a gallone of water a day or as close to it as i can get .. plus the coffee ..i put green tea in my gallon of water every day with lemon
  • ilikeher
    ilikeher Posts: 78
    No, coffee actually dehydrates you.


    this is true, coffee dehydrates you...
  • laddyboy
    laddyboy Posts: 1,565 Member
    So, if I drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning does that mean I can mark 1 cup of water down for the day? Just curious.

    Plain and simple...NO coffee is a diuretic and dehydrates you. Water hydrates you. The are complete opposites.
  • runbyme
    runbyme Posts: 522 Member
    I drink...therefore I pee! Any liquid is gonna make you pee eventually! But that's just me! :drinker:
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    So, if I drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning does that mean I can mark 1 cup of water down for the day? Just curious.

    Drink vodka. If someone is going to consider coffee water go stuff your face with vodka or pee or any liquid and count it as water.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    No, coffee actually dehydrates you.


    this is true, coffee dehydrates you...

    Well the good folks at the Mayo Clinic, Harvard School of Public Health and just about every other medical/nutrition site disagrees. No offense, but I think they are probably correct.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    If my arm is trapped under a heavy rock in the middle of the high sierra desert and Im unable to get free....Does urine count as water?

    No idea, but it IS sterile...so drink up...Bear Gyrlls said so...and he knows these things. :wink:

    wouldn't it be better if I just drank the accepted amount of water on top of the amount of urine I am ingesting? Its not like I need to worry about drinking to much water in a given day right? Or am I just trying to short change the system and wear only the bare minimum pieces of flare? Err drink the bare minimum cups of water
  • sarahbear1981
    sarahbear1981 Posts: 610 Member
    Water is a solvent, things we add to water are solutes (like coffee). When you make coffee you are creating a solution of water with coffee particles suspended in it. It is still water, it doesn't become H2OC it is H2O with coffee suspended in it. That is the science behind it. Its still water and I count it!
  • QueenJayJay
    QueenJayJay Posts: 1,079 Member
    If my arm is trapped under a heavy rock in the middle of the high sierra desert and Im unable to get free....Does urine count as water?

    "Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it because it's sterile, and I like the taste."
  • ShandiH
    ShandiH Posts: 232 Member
    Coffee is not water.

    Water is water.
    This made me giggle.
    Are you having trouble drinking 8 cups a day?

    Me? No.

    Me neither . . .
  • lrbohn
    lrbohn Posts: 11
    I actually researched this because I was worried. I do drink a ton of water and I was worried that I was reaching levels of water intoxication. I've found, through multiple sites, that the body doesn't reach that level until you reach more than 1 liter per hour (obviously everyone is different), I was worried about drinking 4 liters in a day.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Nothing you add to water negates the fact that IT IS STILL WATER.

    Let's say I really like Starbuck's Via instant coffee. For example, let's imagine I heat 6 ounces of pure, fresh, plain water to boiling and mix in the packet of coffee. I drink it and somehow the water magically becomes 'not water'?

    What if I do the same thing, only this time, I pour the packet of Via right down my throat and eat it dry. Then, I drink six ounces of plain, fresh water. Suddenly this water counts as water, even though I have consumed all of the same items?

    That makes no sense.

    Water is still water, even when it is an ingredient in something else.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    No, coffee actually dehydrates you.


    this is true, coffee dehydrates you...

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    PROOF that you didnt read anything in this thread...try reading at least the first couple of replies first....and can you provide proof that it dehydrates, and why those who only drink coffee arent dead already?
  • QueenJayJay
    QueenJayJay Posts: 1,079 Member
    Nothing you add to water negates the fact that IT IS STILL WATER.

    Let's say I really like Starbuck's Via instant coffee. For example. let's imagine I heat 6 ounces of pure, fresh, plain water to boiling and mix in the packet of coffee. I drink it and somehow the water magically becomes 'not water'?

    What if I do the same thing, only this time, I pour the packet of Via right down my throat and eat it dry. Then, I drink six ounces of plain, fresh water. Suddenly this water counts as water, even though I have consumed all of the same items?

    That makes no sense.

    Water is still water, even when it is an ingredient in something else.

    My cake today had water in the recipe. Can I log it as water?
  • sarahbear1981
    sarahbear1981 Posts: 610 Member
    Nothing you add to water negates the fact that IT IS STILL WATER.

    Let's say I really like Starbuck's Via instant coffee. For example. let's imagine I heat 6 ounces of pure, fresh, plain water to boiling and mix in the packet of coffee. I drink it and somehow the water magically becomes 'not water'?

    What if I do the same thing, only this time, I pour the packet of Via right down my throat and eat it dry. Then, I drink six ounces of plain, fresh water. Suddenly this water counts as water, even though I have consumed all of the same items?

    That makes no sense.

    Water is still water, even when it is an ingredient in something else.

    My cake today had water in the recipe. Can I log it as water?

    Did you drink your cake? The water evaporates out as you bake it...
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    I have always been curious about this as well. So basically everyone seems to be 50/50. Only one person has come back with actual articles regarding this. Guess I will go with their opinion or maybe I will just continue to be curious about this topic. LOL

    It's not opinion.

    Coffee is not water.

    Flour is not bread.

    Chicken is not beef.

    ...it's not rocket science.

    These are not accurate analogies.

    If you are counting how many servings of water you consume, you would count coffee, because coffee contains water.

    If you were counting how many servings of flour you consumed, then you would count bread, because bread has flour in it.

    If you were counting how many servings of meat you consume, you could count chicken, because it is meat.

    It really isn't rocket science! :flowerforyou:

    Oh dear, you're grossly overthinking my comment.

    These things are similar, but not equal. Very basic concept. No complex analogy of what contains what.

    So no, it really isn't rocket science.

    Just curious: soda contains water. Do you count it as water?

    I don't drink soda, sweetie. If I did, yes, it would count as water. And I don't track my water. I think it's relatively useless for anyone to track it. If you are thirsty, drink something. Amazing, the things evolution has given us. :flowerforyou:
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    For years I didn't drink a single glass of water. I hated it. I drank somewhere between 5-10 diet cokes in a day. I'm still alive, proving that you don't HAVE to drink 8 glasses of water in a day. I now CHOOSE to drink 15-20 glasses of water in a day (because I do like it and I feel better when I am hydrated), proving that drinking more than 8 glasses of water WILL NOT kill you.

    Water is water is water.

    Liquid is liquid is liquid. Count it all. Anything you put in your mouth, count it as "water" if you wish, just make sure you log the calories if there are some.

    The End.
  • ckapes
    ckapes Posts: 31
    I believe you can if it is decaf and you haven't added anything to it.
  • sergetns73
    sergetns73 Posts: 172 Member
    you should read up on Splenda, it is not actually good for you it contains Aspertame which is bad for you, why do you think diet soda is worst than regular soda ?

    you want something better than Splenda try Stevia
    i rarely drink it but i put it in- it's usually 5 calories....just coffee then you need to add the calories for the sugar, milk, cream etc...(i only drink de-caffinated)

    i use 2 tbl of cream which is 40 cal and splenda no calories= 45 calories for one cup of coffee...

    if you get some from starbucks or dunkin donuts its in the database and you can add the calories that way.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    Nothing you add to water negates the fact that IT IS STILL WATER.

    Let's say I really like Starbuck's Via instant coffee. For example. let's imagine I heat 6 ounces of pure, fresh, plain water to boiling and mix in the packet of coffee. I drink it and somehow the water magically becomes 'not water'?

    What if I do the same thing, only this time, I pour the packet of Via right down my throat and eat it dry. Then, I drink six ounces of plain, fresh water. Suddenly this water counts as water, even though I have consumed all of the same items?

    That makes no sense.

    Water is still water, even when it is an ingredient in something else.

    My cake today had water in the recipe. Can I log it as water?

    You could if you knew how much water was in your slice. Because your body WILL extract that water and use it as water. The amount in cake tho, is probably negligible.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Nothing you add to water negates the fact that IT IS STILL WATER.

    Let's say I really like Starbuck's Via instant coffee. For example. let's imagine I heat 6 ounces of pure, fresh, plain water to boiling and mix in the packet of coffee. I drink it and somehow the water magically becomes 'not water'?

    What if I do the same thing, only this time, I pour the packet of Via right down my throat and eat it dry. Then, I drink six ounces of plain, fresh water. Suddenly this water counts as water, even though I have consumed all of the same items?

    That makes no sense.

    Water is still water, even when it is an ingredient in something else.

    My cake today had water in the recipe. Can I log it as water?

    Shall I explain 'evaporation' to you? In all honesty, yes... your cake definitely still has some water in it. You can count it if you like, although I'm not sure if you have the proper scientific equipment at home to measure evaporation levels incurred by the baking process.
  • CaliforniaGirl455
    CaliforniaGirl455 Posts: 4 Member
    I suffered for years with debilitating lower back pain. Turns out I was constantly dehydrated from coffee. Not enough fluids in the body = not enough fluid in the spinal column = inflammation = pain!

    I don't care what anyone says, coffee dehydrates me. I occasionally drink one cup of decaf, however, I always immediately follow up with two cups of water.

    Have a great day!
  • QueenJayJay
    QueenJayJay Posts: 1,079 Member
    Did you drink your cake? The water evaporates out as you bake it...

    Okay then. Soup?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    dead horses...could not drag me awayyyyy
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Okay then. Soup?

    That is a faulty argument - cooking soup is NOT like baking cake. If you boil water, is it still water? Yes... until you boil it to the point that it ALL evaporates and you end up with an empty pot with nothing in it.

    And yes... the water content in soup does count. It's still water.
  • dobenjam
    dobenjam Posts: 232 Member
    I have always been curious about this as well. So basically everyone seems to be 50/50. Only one person has come back with actual articles regarding this. Guess I will go with their opinion or maybe I will just continue to be curious about this topic. LOL

    It's not opinion.

    Coffee is not water.

    Flour is not bread.

    Chicken is not beef.

    ...it's not rocket science.

    These are not accurate analogies.

    If you are counting how many servings of water you consume, you would count coffee, because coffee contains water.

    If you were counting how many servings of flour you consumed, then you would count bread, because bread has flour in it.

    If you were counting how many servings of meat you consume, you could count chicken, because it is meat.

    It really isn't rocket science! :flowerforyou:

    Oh dear, you're grossly overthinking my comment.

    These things are similar, but not equal. Very basic concept. No complex analogy of what contains what.

    So no, it really isn't rocket science.

    Just curious: soda contains water. Do you count it as water?

    I think apples are 90% water.
    But in all seriousness, I juice veggies and fruits and they do not count toward my water intake, neither does the tea I drink. I know that I can drink 4 cups of green tea and feel dehydrated. I also know that the more water I drink the more thirsty I get. Either way your body needs water to do it's job. Isn't it easier to take the guess work out of it and just drink the 8 glasses? Still drink your other things.

    Also I read once that when you heat up water and add different ingredients it changes on a molecular level. So I personally don't feel coffee and tea can count as water. Sure they were made with water but they have been changed. Not sure if it's true but I also don't care because i drink plenty of water. My 2 Cents.
  • nxcguy
    nxcguy Posts: 15 Member
    Your right. Hope you dont take the i dont believe you comments some people just refuse to learn.
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