Should I still count it as water?

JenMarie8781
JenMarie8781 Posts: 377 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
If I have a bottle of water and I add a packet of sugar free drink mix to it... should I still count it towards my water intake?

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  • ilovegreg05
    ilovegreg05 Posts: 96 Member
    Yes, you should and you should add any calories from the mix too.
  • k8lyn_235
    k8lyn_235 Posts: 507 Member
    i agree - yes! it's still water.. it doesn't magically change into something else ;)
  • ttaylor68913
    ttaylor68913 Posts: 320 Member
    this
  • cls_333
    cls_333 Posts: 206 Member
    You're still drinking the bottle of water, right? Of course you should. I include black coffee & tea also.
    I had a high school health teacher that used to tell us that if you added chocolate to milk, it no longer belonged in the milk & dairy, but in the junk food. BUT I WAS STILL DRINKING THE GLASS OF MILK! Just never made sense to me.
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    Absolutely.

    There's a lot of debate as to whether things like, say, coffee or soda (which generally contains caffeine - a mild diuretic - and other chemicals that need flushing from the system) counts, but there's really nothing in sugar free drink mix that's going to mess with the water all that much.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I would. Just like if I drink a bottle of water then eat 8 tic tacs I still count the water ;)
  • JenMarie8781
    JenMarie8781 Posts: 377 Member
    Yes, you should and you should add any calories from the mix too.

    They don't have any calories : )
  • JenMarie8781
    JenMarie8781 Posts: 377 Member
    You're still drinking the bottle of water, right? Of course you should. I include black coffee & tea also.
    I had a high school health teacher that used to tell us that if you added chocolate to milk, it no longer belonged in the milk & dairy, but in the junk food. BUT I WAS STILL DRINKING THE GLASS OF MILK! Just never made sense to me.

    LOL. I know it's technically still water but I have seen a few people on here say that if you add anything to it so that it's not PURE WATER, it doesn't count. Just wanted to get some opinions.
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