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Agreed that not all water tastes the same, though there has beena lot of argument about that on this thread. But why would the healthiness of water be dependent on why you didn't like it? I'd thinkmthatnthe healthiness would be independent of its taste.

So you're saying that you assume everything I reply to anyone on this thread is directed at you?!? You've taken two posts to other people, and CLEARLY at other people, taken offense, then suggested YOU'VE been abused? Please report me. Let a moderator determine whether I have abused you in any way. I have apologized for…

This looks like the Mayo Clinic. Who do you contend it is?

And I didn't reply to you, unless you are the person who wrote. "Ok to the point. I never said they don't have the same benefits, i said they don't have AS MANY BENEFITS.... U understanding so far??? Any wonder i keep responding when your just stating pure crap and things i havnt said.". That is who was quoted, that is who…

I apologize. I can't even find the post about muscle cramps, and that's where it was. Guess there wasn't one. My bad. I'm not sure why I wanted a source for that. So you don't believe you have to drink plain water to be healthy?

Are you saying you don't consider the Mayo Clinic to be credible in the area of nutrition and health? Because if not, who would you consider a more respected source? Or are you saying there are no links to the Mayo Clinic's support of this? Because those links have been posted in this thread more than once. Here are two,…

Sounds a lot more like an allergy you didn't notice while you smoked... Try an antihistamine. If it helps, it was an allergy.

Again, you don't seem to understand your own words. If they don't have as many benefits, then they don't have the same benefits. If I have 3 apples and you have 5 apples, what we have is not the same. We are not equal. Water, on the other hand, is equal to other beverages. Unlike us.

You said water was better for you than other beverages. It's NOT.

The same thing you did in the first place. You base your decisions on what evidence is most sound methodologically and which is done by people who are considered the most respected in the field. I don't see why the fact that something could be proved wrong at some point in the future is cause to reject good solid evidence…

I'm sorry I called you he. But since you're wrong that water is better for hydration than other beverages and seem unwilling to change your opinion despite multitudes of scientific evidence presented for you, you are gullible. What's better in general depends on too many things to actually discuss. As at least two people…

You know, It IS a little work to actually look up the research on a topic like this. It is. It's a little work to backcheck the studies cited and see what the methodology used was. Sometimes there's even a little math involved (YIKES! MATH!). It is a little work to check into the credentials of who did the studies. But you…

Wait. I'm "gullible" because I don't accept scientific assertions without evidence to back it up? Is this a new definition of "gullible" I'm unfamiliar with?

Thanks for the support! Just so you know, though, I'm not a "he." I'm a "she." I like your replies as well. I'm an Aspie, so I sometimes have a hard time with how I word things. Please know I intend this as sincere thanks. I just wanted you to know I'm female.

Voila! Diet limeade! Yummy! Nom nom... I'll try that, but with stevia. I like the taste better.

Well, some of the most prestigious scientists in this field in the US, at the Mayo Clinic, say that ain't so. It's not trolling to tell people the truth when so much broscience is being spread around.

Fine. But there is no REASON to do it. It isn't BETTER to drink plain water. If you want to, thats one thing. But if someone doesn't want to, It's not necessary.

Did you ask for sources? I always do, and my doctor provides them. I don't take scientific data that isn't supported, because if it's not supported, it's NOT science. Why would I?

The thing is, she didn't ask for ways to like plain water. She asked for things to make hydration taste "not like water." As I pointed out, there has not been proved a causative connection, nor even really a correlative one, between caffeine and cramps. One guy doesn't a study make. It's interesting. It is. I'll be…

That's great, but the OP asked for things she could drink besides water to hydrate her. Replying, essentially, "water" isn't really an answer.

I asked for sources that caffeine was linked to muscle cramps, which he asserted. I back checked the sources the article references, and they really don't fully support the conclusion. One cited article cites a an article in the American Journal of Medicine in which a study with a sample size of one--he was his own…

Thank you. Sorry it took so long to reply, but it took some time to round up and read the sources. I note that, while the article discusses cramps and caffeine, only one of the cited sources mention them. The first one, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, doesn't mention caffeine at all. Nada. They do mention…

You are correct. Women need about (you're metric aren't you? I'll convert), um, 2 liters of water a day from any source, including your food. Men need closer to 2.5 liters. But water from all sources counts, including that in food. Really very few people get too little water even if they don't try to get enough.

I've got a friend who is a rocket scientist for NASA. I'll ask her. :wink:

WTF is a water substitute? Coffee is impure water. So is tap water and bottled water.

Right. The Mayo Clinic says, in this very link, that caffeinated beverages are as hydrating as water. That is what "It is true" means. Thank you for proving my point.

First of all, water does have a taste, and it tastes different depending on which impurities it has. Dasani doesn't taste like Evian doesn't taste like Aquafina. Secondly, WHY should people drink plain water if they don't like it? It's like it's a religion with you people. "Well, to be honest I would recommend you to still…

I imagine it is annoying to have people actually expect you to prove what you claim is truth is actually true.

Actually, if you'd bothered to read the cited studies in the thread, as well-respected authorities as the Mayo Clinic say that caffeine is a milder diuretic than water, and it doesn't in any way negate the hydrating effects of the water in coffee, tea, and soda. I can't believe you think you're a better source than the…