Nope, only true in extreme cases. I was curious about that years ago, and while it might make you need to urinate more frequently, it doesn't actually make you urinate more volume unless you consume way more caffeine than your body is used to. Now, alcohol on the other hand, anything over like 3-5% ABV does have a net dehydrating effect.
Not enough to offset the amount of water you take, look it up if you want. It does make you empty your bladder and that might be more water than what you just drank, but then your bladder takes a while to fill again. It doesn't really make you generate enough urine to offset what you drank at all.
I know. It's just that I tend to drink multiple espressos a day (be it at home because it's delicious or at work because of social functions) but completely forget to actually hydrate myself despite being thirsty AF.
Coffee is always the answer. Full stop. Do you need hydration? Coffee. Do you need a friend or something to hold? That's right, Coffee. Do you have to stop to pee every 30 minutes on a road trip? You guessed it, still Coffee!
I am in a place that requires bottled water. And bottled water costs money. But a fast food chain has a special: 1.50USD, and you get a free coffee once every 2 hours for 30 days.
Since there is a little less water than in pure water, we could call it "little water". And brand it with a foreign sounding name because that's cool. Maybe a Slavic language?
Oh interesting, we refill these big 5 gallon jugs at local water filter places for drinking and cooking water. Never tested how clean or anything it is but it does keep our dishes like the coffee pot from getting hardspots like the tap water does
I guess the fast food place is really close to where you work? How do they afford to offer this? Like they get bulk sanitized water, or have their own filtering system? Or is it safe to just boil and use?
I guess the fast food place is really close to where you work? How do they afford to offer this? Like they get bulk sanitized water, or have their own filtering system? Or is it safe to just boil and use?
It's a 15 minute walk or a 5 minute ebike ride, but the rideshare moped costs an extra 15 cents each way. But the fast food place is all over China so it's available whatever city I picked that month.
They have a filtering system, I can boil water, but then I don't get free coffee.
For my ex wife, I got one of those bottles with time markers. Sounds like the solution, but she was not able to maintain it: Know where it is, keep it clean etc.
Water is no miracle drug, but when dehydrated, it really is. That applies to many deficiencies, such as oxygen in the air, micronutrients, macronutrients.
I'm pretty sure people have been drinking water for millennia and everyone was fine without constantly carrying water bottles around.
It's almost like our bodies have evolved a way of telling us when we are starting to get dehydrated. I think we should call this feeling "thirsty".
So the best thing to do is to listen to your body and drink some water when it's telling you you're "thirsty". There's really no need to force yourself to drink when you're not thirsty.
An oracle once told me that "a mere 1% to 2% drop in total body water triggers the sensation of thirst."
We live in an age where sociopaths get votes and people overhydrate in response to propaganda from Coca Cola. 🤦♂️
The "8 glasses of water a day" thing is literally just made up by employees of Coca Cola. To sell more aquafina. Never quite understood how people believe that peeing every 20 minutes makes one healthier. There's no evidence for it.
Apparently I was victim to a widely circulated myth. Apparently though, that board also specified that most of that recommendation was covered by water within food. The "IT HAS TO BE ACTUAL PURE WATER" thing was added on later by others.
So where did the myth of the 8 glasses come from? Fox says it likely stems from a decree from the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board issued back in the 1940s. It suggested that everyone drink 2.5 liters (84.5 ounces) per day — so not far off from today's standard. But even back then, that same recommendation clarified that a majority of that water comes, not from a glass, but from "prepared foods."
Of course coffee counts. It's still water and has no salt. It will not be close to enough, but still.
Add sugar!
Don't mind if I do.
You do need salt, or that water just instantly becomes piss.
Instantly you say?
I believe they're using 'Instantly' like this.
Wow xD
Idk, just, no? Bottled water or water from the tap or whatever all has no salt.
We do need a certain amount of salt, but it doesn't need to come from the water, drinks do not need to be isotonic to hydrate you.
That's really not the case. Most tap water and bottled water have some salt and the amount varies widely by brand/location.
Guess which water is used for the coffee buddy xD
Caffeine in the coffee is a diuretic though. It'll make you lose more water through urination than if you drank the equivalent volume in just water.
This doesn't actually seem to be completely true. The diuretic effect isn't enough to really impact the benefits if drinking a 99% water solution.
Ah thank you, I didn't know that!
Nope, only true in extreme cases. I was curious about that years ago, and while it might make you need to urinate more frequently, it doesn't actually make you urinate more volume unless you consume way more caffeine than your body is used to. Now, alcohol on the other hand, anything over like 3-5% ABV does have a net dehydrating effect.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that!
Not enough to offset the amount of water you take, look it up if you want. It does make you empty your bladder and that might be more water than what you just drank, but then your bladder takes a while to fill again. It doesn't really make you generate enough urine to offset what you drank at all.
"no salt" as in neglible. Of course it isn't distilled water. And that's also what's in the coffee.
Bottled water and tap water are mineral water. Minerals = salts. If you only ever drank RO water, you'd run into trouble. Better eat salty then.
Coffee does count, btw. The amount of water used to make coffee counteracts the diuretic effect. This is pretty common knowledge.
I know. It's just that I tend to drink multiple espressos a day (be it at home because it's delicious or at work because of social functions) but completely forget to actually hydrate myself despite being thirsty AF.
That ain't healthy, chief. But I won't judge. I sometimes drink Monster Energy like it's water.
Coffee is always the answer. Full stop. Do you need hydration? Coffee. Do you need a friend or something to hold? That's right, Coffee. Do you have to stop to pee every 30 minutes on a road trip? You guessed it, still Coffee!
But I just layed down after having one. You want me to get up again?
Hydrate yourself. This is a threat.
(loads painfully unfunny, excruciatingly boring meme) They’d better have hydrated, or things are about to get …unpleasant.
The water meme has spoken.
Make me.
drowns you in tub
uwu
Does coffee count?
The bottom text on the picture says that coffee doesn’t count. Sorry!
Sorry wasn’t hydrated enough to even see there was text down there.
No worries, hope you get hydrated soon!
Coors light it is, thanks meme.
Jokes on you, I have a cold and have been drowning myself in water, tea and orange juice
I am in a place that requires bottled water. And bottled water costs money. But a fast food chain has a special: 1.50USD, and you get a free coffee once every 2 hours for 30 days.
Why do they require you to have bottled water
Tap water isn't safe in asia outside of Japan, and in much of Japan it tastes like chlorine once you notice it.
That's why I only drink water sanitized with 40% ethanol. Zero chlorine. Bacteriologically super safe. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Wow that's actually genius!
Since there is a little less water than in pure water, we could call it "little water". And brand it with a foreign sounding name because that's cool. Maybe a Slavic language?
We're onto something here.
I also only drink satanized water
Oh interesting, we refill these big 5 gallon jugs at local water filter places for drinking and cooking water. Never tested how clean or anything it is but it does keep our dishes like the coffee pot from getting hardspots like the tap water does
I've been to Oslo recently, my god, never knew water could taste so fucking great.
I guess the fast food place is really close to where you work? How do they afford to offer this? Like they get bulk sanitized water, or have their own filtering system? Or is it safe to just boil and use?
It's a 15 minute walk or a 5 minute ebike ride, but the rideshare moped costs an extra 15 cents each way. But the fast food place is all over China so it's available whatever city I picked that month.
They have a filtering system, I can boil water, but then I don't get free coffee.
Does beer count?
My cup of tea was unsatisfying, but water is also unsatisfying, task initiation broken
Immediately my thought was "oh, is it tea time?"
I'll drink water in the middle of the night by the light of my phone screen like the forces that be intended.
Jokes on you I drank some coke after a nap
How does one drink a powder?
You mix it with whisky
But, but…. I’m on the toilet right now.
You are literally sitting on a water chair and not hydrating?
o7
*Sips broth from instant-ramen*
I was debating whether I should get out of bed and go get a glass of water, and then I saw this post, thanks op!
Something something throw the ring in the fire!
Something something No.
For my ex wife, I got one of those bottles with time markers. Sounds like the solution, but she was not able to maintain it: Know where it is, keep it clean etc.
Water is no miracle drug, but when dehydrated, it really is. That applies to many deficiencies, such as oxygen in the air, micronutrients, macronutrients.
@Wfh *in a small voice*
'nk you.
You're not my mum!
But I just sat down 😭
I drank too much tea and my mouth is dry.
I'm pretty sure people have been drinking water for millennia and everyone was fine without constantly carrying water bottles around.
It's almost like our bodies have evolved a way of telling us when we are starting to get dehydrated. I think we should call this feeling "thirsty".
So the best thing to do is to listen to your body and drink some water when it's telling you you're "thirsty". There's really no need to force yourself to drink when you're not thirsty.
An oracle once told me that "a mere 1% to 2% drop in total body water triggers the sensation of thirst."
We live in an age where sociopaths get votes and people overhydrate in response to propaganda from Coca Cola. 🤦♂️
The "8 glasses of water a day" thing is literally just made up by employees of Coca Cola. To sell more aquafina. Never quite understood how people believe that peeing every 20 minutes makes one healthier. There's no evidence for it.
This is an ADHD meme community sir/madam. We are not functional enough to drink a couple of glasses a day, let alone 8.
AKA 1945 US Food and Nutrition Board? Because that's where it seems to come from.
Apparently I was victim to a widely circulated myth. Apparently though, that board also specified that most of that recommendation was covered by water within food. The "IT HAS TO BE ACTUAL PURE WATER" thing was added on later by others.
Source: https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/medical-myths-drink-8-glasses-water-each-day
I feel like my grandma said this in the 1980s before Aquafina was a thing.