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Wed 13 Jun, 2007 11:11 am
Drinking 12 oz. of coffee or soda is like drinking how much water (in terms of nutritive water given to the body, equivilent effect, or something along those lines). I have seen lots of websites that say 1 cup of coffee plus one cup of water equals out to zero water, and other sites that say it may be more like a cup of coffee is like 30% of a cup of water. The rule of thumb of drinking the same amount of pure water as coffee or soda sounds good in the second case, but insufficient in the first case.
If both the coffee and coke contain caffeine which is a strong diuretic, then not a lot of water (if any) will be "given to the body", IMO.
According to this article:
Quote:person needs at least 48 ounces -- six 8-ounce glasses -- of water per day. But individuals should take in even more water if they're exercising heavily or drinking caffeinated beverages, Villavicencio said. Because caffeine is a natural diuretic, a person needs to drink two-and-a-half glasses of water to counter the dehydrating effects of just one can of soda.
http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/LIFE03/706050301/1152/NEWS
I have read recently that the diuretic effects of caffeine have been grossly overstated.
A lot of Diet Experts had/have a Puritanical Bias as though only "pure" foods and beverages were worthy of being included in a weight loss diet.
Noddy24 wrote:A lot of Diet Experts had/have a Puritanical Bias as though only "pure" foods and beverages were worthy of being included in a weight loss diet.
I think the present tense -- "have" -- is right. Just consider the present indignation of many experts about sodas, including diet sodas. There is no obesity risk at all from diet sodas, which after all have no calories.
I've read some time ago that any liquid counts as "water" for the six glasses daily requirement. I don't drink coke (or soft drinks) too often, because of their high sugar content.
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