Do beverages like tea and juice count toward the daily recommendation of 8 glasses of water?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “does 8 glasses of water include tea coffee“
Do beverages like tea and juice count toward the daily recommendation of 8 glasses of water?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “does 8 glasses of water include tea coffee“
http://alltea.tumblr.com/post/4229135352/tea-is-as-healthy-as-water-study
We just posted a link explaining that studies have found that, although it is a diuretic, tea hydrates almost as well as water.
You know you don’t need to drink exactly 8 glasses of water per day. Just drink when you’re hungry and don’t force yourself to drink more than you need. But to answer yes they count
The recommendation of 8 glasses of water a day has been shown to be worthless. Tea would count toward water, but juice is extremely high in sugar and I would not drink it.
Every fluid counts, and the 8 glasses of water a day is yet another American pseudo-medical myth, started in the seventies, see The mysterious origins of the “8 glasses of water a day” rule – Mind the Science Gap
In short, yes, beverages like tea can count towards the daily intake of fluids.
The Nov 2003 “Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics” reports (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-277X.2003.00477.x/abstract) on a study of caffeine ingestion and fluid balance, which found that the body adapts rapidly to caffeine intake. “Doses of caffeine equivalent to the amount normally found in standard servings of tea, coffee and carbonated soft drinks appear to have no diuretic action.” Best of all with tea, the calorie intake is almost non-existent.
Regarding the “recommendation of 8 glasses of water,” see:
If you are supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day, does it have to be spread out or can it be all at once?
Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water per day?
As far as hydration goes, juices and herbal teas are fine, caffeinated
teas (green & black) have some diuretic properties, so I think
you’re only getting about 2/3 the “water” from them (correct me if I’m
wrong). Do remember that juices (and other beverages) are not
calorie-free. An 8oz glass of apple juice may contain 100-120 calories, so
if you are primarily hydrating through juice, keep that in mind (on a
side note, you’d be better off eating the apple, for then you’d get the
fiber and nutrients too).
It depends on the kind of beverages you drink. Compared to the old 8 glasses/day recommendation (which is in MOST times correct guys regarding what other people say), if you want to know whether you are hydrated, it is advised to have 5 full urinations each day.
Tea is a better option that water. You hardly ever finish a glass of water and say “That was delicious, I’ll have another cup.”
Also a university study found that the “recommendation” to drink 8 glasses/2 litres of water every day is a myth. Different people have different needs at different times. That’s covered here When nutritionists say “drink 8 glasses of water a day” what research is that based on?
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