Water?

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  • slick_fox
    slick_fox Posts: 85 Member
    Yes it can. I belong to a watch loss organization and corporate has determined it counts. Good Luck and still drink your water.
  • debrapeterson
    debrapeterson Posts: 84 Member
    So much helpful information. I think for me drinking 16ozs of water to every cup of my coffee is a good plan. Now if I'm able to do that is a different story. The color of urine was great and I have placed in MFP folder. That will help me to judge if I'm on a good path. MFP is so helpful with members giving such a wide range of ideas and thoughts and I find that invaluable. To everyone thanks again.
  • Going4Healthy
    Going4Healthy Posts: 38 Member
    Yes, I was always told that any liquid intake counts toward your water!
  • emnk5308
    emnk5308 Posts: 736
    I haven't been counting my water at all the past week or so =p
    I drink a sh*z load.. I only count regular plain water because I don't really drink anything else. I'm the kind of person that gets annoyed when someone says 'Oh, I'm SO thirsty...' and then grabs a soda and chugs it O.o
    When I was counting my water, I only counted water =) Not my coffee.
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    I don't count it - it has calories.... but as another user said, it is a matter of preference...
  • mcrowe1016
    mcrowe1016 Posts: 647 Member
    untrue. it hydrates less than normal water, but sodas and coffee still hydrate. this is a long perpetuated myth.

    Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

    Great minds think alike?
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    I don't count it - it has calories.... but as another user said, it is a matter of preference...

    And what do calories have to do with it??
  • jealous_loser
    jealous_loser Posts: 395
    I only count water. I drink a ton of it though.

    (I prefer to eat my calories rather than drink them.)
  • dougii
    dougii Posts: 679 Member
    So...for the 'only water is water' people.

    If I drink a cup of black coffee, then drink a cup of water, how much water is that? 1 cup?
    What if instead, I pour the water into the black coffee and drink it, how much water is that?

    LMAO - that was beautifully said! Thanks for a great chuckle....
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    You can. The caffeine has a slight diuretic effect, but not enough to be significant in regular coffee. Espresso would be a different story.


    Espresso tends to have less caffeine than regular brewed coffee.

    I only count water as water.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    untrue. it hydrates less than normal water, but sodas and coffee still hydrate. this is a long perpetuated myth.

    Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

    Great minds think alike?

    I've seen that link before, but in my view it's an instance of dumbing down requirements, the way they keep lowering the amount of time people need to exercise in the hope that people will do something. You can't tell me that any old beverage or food that has water is as good as water. Soups, for example, have sodium. Tea and coffee have caffeine. Juices have sugar.
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    Actually, to be more specific, caffeine is a diuretic. Takes water from your cells and causes you to expel it. Thus it dehydrates.

    I'm no scientist, but unless someone's come up with different evidence since I was in college (admittedly a long time ago), that's how it works.

    The evidence hasn't changed, and neither has the dosage. The caffeine in a cup of coffee does, in fact, have a mild diuretic effect. But it doesn't come CLOSE to offsetting the fact that coffee is mostly water.

    I suspect this thread is going to get ugly, so one last reiteration of a point I made earlier - don't COUNT DRINKS, use URINE COLOR to determine if you are drinking sufficient fluids. That makes the entire argument that is about to ensue completely moot.

    as I have posted in several other threads, urine color is not ALWAYS a good indication of your level of hydration. I discovered this during treatment for kidney stones. i did a 48 hour urine test, had very pale to clear urine for most of the day, and the results showed that I was chronically dehydrated and my output was about 50% of what the urologist expected to see. I had 8+ glasses of "beverages" and I know one day I had several Mountain Dews...
  • dayone987
    dayone987 Posts: 645 Member
    untrue. it hydrates less than normal water, but sodas and coffee still hydrate. this is a long perpetuated myth.

    Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

    Great minds think alike?

    I've seen that link before, but in my view it's an instance of dumbing down requirements, the way they keep lowering the amount of time people need to exercise in the hope that people will do something. You can't tell me that any old beverage or food that has water is as good as water. Soups, for example, have sodium. Tea and coffee have caffeine. Juices have sugar.
    Coffee can be better than water. Has antioxidants and has been shown to decrease chance of developing Type 2 diabetes and other diseases.

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