does green tea count as water intake?

I only count water as water.

You receive water from everything you drink, however I would not count it as a cup of water during the day.

When I was doing Weight Watchers years ago they said anything that did NOT have caffeine. I think green tea does.

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Sorry but tea is counted as water intake.....their was a report many years ago by a bottled water company that only pure water adds to your daily water intake........they had to retract this statement as it was totally false and misleading for their benefit of course to boast sales............

I count mine as water if it has no sugar

Green tea counts as water if it's decaf. Caffeine is considered a diuretic so your body will flush it out. Even though green tea has about 1/3 the amount of caffeine as coffee does you still should not cosider it as water. Even the "Dr. Bernstein" diet considers decaf coffee as water but only one time per day. Green tea on the other hand has so many good qualities in it you can consider it as water (again, only if it's decaf). I've also read however that too much green tea isn't good for you. 2-3 cups a day is a good amount.

If you must bump something from 4 months ago, at least bump it with some new information....or at least something that is accurate!

As for tea/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

When your thirsty that means your body is already dehydrated, you should really drink water prior to this, so you don't become dehydrated...

When you look at the nutrition of green tea, It's basically water with vitamins added to it thus I always count green tea as my water in take, but I personally never drink caffeinated tea :P

I can honestly say I've never heard people put sugar in green tea - that is utterly disgusting. If you add sugar, it will not be water intake.

Green tea takes a while to get use to the taste but after your 7th cup of raw leaves, you're hooked to its bitter taste:)

ALL tea and coffee counts!! Google it! Yes they are very MILD diuretics, but not so much that you lose anything significant. So YES, You can and SHOULD count tea and coffee. You should also count water in your food towards your 8 a day.

You also need to realise that this "8 a day" figure was arbitary and is NOT a one size fits all. If you are in a cold climate doing sod all, then you dont need that much and if you are in a hot place exercising you need more (and salt). So, what you SHOULD do is drink when you are thirsty. You can also look at the colour of your urine. If it is light coloured (straw) then you are hydrated. If its not, then you are dehydrated (simplisic but true)

Alcohol does NOT count towards your water intake as it screws up the loop of Henle's (part of the body that determines how much urine you should produce) actions and you end up urinating far more than you should as a conseqence (via inhibiting ADH).

So, yes tea and coffee count as does water in your food. Alcohol doesn't. 8 glasses is an average that is not suitable for all. Google it for more information, because a lot of people on this site just go with information they hear from others rather than checking it.

Example Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/nutrition/healthy_caff.shtml

When your thirsty that means your body is already dehydrated, you should really drink water prior to this, so you don't become dehydrated...

Again, not true. The thirst mechanism is designed to stop you becoming dehydrated. it kicks in when you need water and not when you are dehydrated. Google it. Latest medical advice on this subject is to drink when you are thirsty and not try to drink a set amount of water a day.

I count everything except alcohol as every drink I consume is made primarily of water.

Difference is, if I drink a bottle of cola vs. a glass of water, I will log the cola as calories as well. It might not be the best thing to drink but it is still primarily made from water.

That and if I drank other drinks + 8 glasses of water a day I would never leave the bathroom! :P

This whole "tea is a diuretic" thing is such bull****.
Anything that makes you PEE is a diuretic... WATER is a diuretic.