Does a cup of tea count towards the amount of water you should drink per day?

Answer 1

Yes, it does count, and so does all the water found naturally in all the food you eat.

Answer 2

A little known secret I discovered recently - tea is over 90% water. To be honest I drink at least 10 cups of tea a day and the only other thing I drink is fruit juice. If tea was a diuretic as much as people say then I would be nothing but a shrivelled mummified husk by now. I'm not so tea must actually, despite what a lot of people say, contain water.
I am pretty certain that any beverage aside from thick milkshakes, espresso and alcoholic drinks will provide you with water.
The thing that "experts" say about drinking 12 litres (or similar) of absolutely pure water (no flavourings or dissolved minerals at all) is just ridiculous and contradicts common sense. In Europe it was not until the last hundred years or so that sewer systems and water pipes made clean drinkable water available to people so how did everyone survive the medieval period and renaissance if they had to drink so much pure water to stay healthy?

Answer 3

The human body requires a certain amount of caffeine and research indicates that up to 10 - 12 cups of tea daily will not have any detrimental effect on the body. The species or the variety of the tea plant determines content of caffeine in tea, as it is a genetic feature. Camellia Sinensis, the variety that is grown in Sri Lanka has caffeine levels of approximately 2.5 - 4%. However the distribution of caffeine in the plant depends on the part of the plant it is derived from.


Basically like anything, your body will only take what it needs and shove the rest out.

Answer 4

Yes, of course. As does juice, raw fruit and veggies you eat (contain lots of water), etc. (But with food, you can really only count a small part of the fluid, since they also contain sugar, minerals, etc., so it's easiest not to figure those in.)

However, if the tea you're drinking contains caffeine, it will also make you pee a bit more, so you don't really gain quite the full cup of fluid - but don't let anyone talk you into thinking it's "negative fluid" - that's a myth that has been debunked.

Answer 5

Tea is by some distance, a lot extra perfect to your well being. specific, Colas flavor great, however the interest "moderation" is the considerable. As to the reality that tea does not have fizz, why not get slightly carbonator unit or attempt somewhat some mixes that contain tea? attempt the link under, some relaxing mixes! and specific, water continues to be # a million.

Answer 6

No. Tea (and coffee and many other drinks) are diuretics, that is they increase the rate of bodily urine excretion (diuresis). I believe that thinking is that for each measure of tea / coffee you drink then you need to drink an additional measure of water to make up for the effect. So your 8 glasses or whatever of water you need to drink per day is inaddition to any tea or coffee you may drink as well.

Answer 7

Of course it does. In any case, unless you're dehydrated from too much alcohol or salt or whatever, your body will obtain its required need from pretty much anything and everything you eat. Drinking 3 litres just because someone told you it was the thing to do is just so much hype. Nothing wrong with drinking the water but you don't have to!

Answer 8

According to a news story I recently read a recent study in the European Journal of medicine found that tea rehydrates as well as water does. So I would think you could count it.

Answer 9

yes. although tea is actualyl a diuretic so it shouldnt be your only liquid intack. you should try and drink water as well. though somepeople just cant. any liquid be it water, cordial (low sugar pref) tea, green and black tea, milk, coffee etc except fizzy drinks all count towards your H2O intake. as does some fruit and veg

Answer 10

Yes it does, but half of your daily intake should be pure water either from the tap or from a bottle. The other half can be made up from tea, coffee, squash etc