H2O = water

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I wasn't aware that adding flavor changes the h2o molecules to something else

I wasn't aware that anyone cared this much... Or what stems it really... People are drinking something other than caffeinated, carbonated, carb loaded soda... Or any other various drink that is relatively horrible for you. I'd be curious to see how flavoring water is more harm than good exactly.

Drinking 64 oz of no calorie(for better or worse here) flavored "water" as you hate... Or a 2 liter of soda or diet soda.... Pretty sure the chemically altered water is doing a lot more good than the soda which has even more crap added.

I get its a pet peeve, but man, I can't imagine something like that getting under my skin....

I wasn't aware that adding flavor changes the h2o molecules to something else

^^^ this

I'm counting my steeped green tea.

Well I for one don't always enjoy plain water. Right now I have a sore throat from a cold. I often add an ounce or so of pure fruit juice to make it go easier. No different than drinking them separately.

I only count water by itself as well. I drink at least a gallon a day, but I am not nearly as active as Euro.

Ok this is one of my pet peeves... Water is nothing else but h2o. It bugs me when people talk about "flavor water" if what you drink has a flavor taste, color or anything like that, news flash it's not water. True it may be made with water, but when you put chemical packets to enhance the taste it's no longer true h2o. And what's in those packets will do more harm than good.

Water = h2o

Not this or any other drink whose ingredients is more than h2o
 Aquafina FlavorSplash


Flavored Water
  Country: USA
  Flavor: Citrus Blend
  Sweetner: Splenda
  Carbonation: No
  Container: Plastic

  Aquafina Citrus Blend FlavorSplash Ingredients:
Filtered Water, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Benzonate, Sodium Citrate, Sucralose (splenda) Calcium Disodium EDTA.

You're wrong.
Source - Elementary school level chemistry.

i dont count anything as my "water intake" unless its literally a cup of water...

protein shakes dont count
flavoured water dont count
tea dont count
coffee dont count\

even when starting a dehydration process i drink 2.0-3.0 gallons of CLEAN PURE WATER on top of my protein shake n coffee

i dont count anything as my "water intake" unless its literally a cup of water...

protein shakes dont count
flavoured water dont count
tea dont count
coffee dont count\

even when starting a dehydration process i drink 2.0-3.0 gallons of CLEAN PURE WATER on top of my protein shake n coffee

I'm the same, if I have unsweet tea or coffee or an energy something or other...I chart that seperatly. plain ole water is all that goes into my "water consumed" calculations for the day. And that is on average 10-13 cups a day....sometimes alot more...

I agree ppl should be drinking plain water despite the taste or lack thereof. It gives your kidneys a nice break from filtering and helps the spleen filter the blood more easily.

I hate reading posts about ppl advocating drinking any type of beverage instead of water, claiming its just as good for the body. Drinking coffee, energy drinks, artificial sweeteners.... That stuff needs to be filtered by our bodies.

I'm a big advocate for plain water, which really if you drink anything but distilled water it has something in it, but I do believe that good hydration comes from water with nothing added to it. HOWEVER, like stated above by multiple people, some people need a stepping stone, if you have someone who is drastically changing their diet/eating habits from a diet of almost entire fast food, soda, sweet tea, and other sugary drinks, and they switch to water with crystal light, or mio, or flavored water, I think its ok. Do I think that people should try to switch over to water with nothing added? Yes, but its called making progress, and progress is made ins steps and change and progress take time. So yes, I agree, that water is water and drinking water with nothing added is way way better for you, but isn't drinking water with flavoring added better than drinking soda, juice, or other sugar loaded beverages? I used to HATE water and always added Crystal light to it, even when I switched to drinking plain water I always had lemon in it, and then I developed an allergy, even after that it took me a long time to get up to drinking 10+ glasses of water a day, enjoying it, and craving it like I do now.

As far are pure hydration is concerned:


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 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

i dont count anything as my "water intake" unless its literally a cup of water...

protein shakes dont count
flavoured water dont count
tea dont count
coffee dont count\

even when starting a dehydration process i drink 2.0-3.0 gallons of CLEAN PURE WATER on top of my protein shake n coffee

Ditto!

I hope you're only drinking water synthesized via electrolysis right before you drink it, otherwise it's not water.

http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/index.cfm

Was JUST about to post this. Jorra, you genius mindreader you...