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Don’t Touch That Tea!

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I’ve always been taught that tea is good for you (as long as it’s unsweetened). Then I ran across a couple of sites that claimed tea was diuretic, therefore if one drank tea, one would have to drink water to make up for the water loss. For those who’re wondering:

Diuretic: A substance that increases the amount of urine passed.

Then one day, I decided to do a bit of research, and found out that it’s still healthy to drink tea and have it count as water. Allow me to explain.

Caffeine in itself is what is diuretic. But even then, for it to have any affect on water loss, you’d have to ingest about 300 mg of caffeine. That’s about 6-7 cups in ONE sitting. That’s right, you’d have to gulp down six cups in a row without stopping to finally increase urine levels beyond the level of fluid intake. Tea also is 99.5% water.

In other words, not only are you not losing water just because of drinking tea, you’d also be being more healthy than if you had just drank plain water.

To sum it up; enjoy your tea!

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Posted in Fitness by Don. 6 Comments

6 Responses to "Don’t Touch That Tea!"

  • Bill says:
    May 16, 2008 at 1:20 am
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    Does that mean that up to 72 oz of Diet Coke counts?

  • Don says:
    May 16, 2008 at 10:41 am
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    48 oz for it to make your overall fluid loss increase.

    But even then, I’d think it’s safe to say drinking 48 oz of Diet Coke in one sitting would do more damage than just increase your overall fluid loss; especially with the high fructose. :p

  • Bill says:
    May 20, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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    Uh-Oh.

    I clear that before 10am if you include the Diet Dew!

  • Don Cullen says:
    May 20, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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    Haha,ouch!!! I used to be like that with coke (2 liter bottle in only 2 hours!). I regularly polished off about three bottles per day. I slacked off (due to expenses), then eventally cut it off completely when I found out how damaging it was to my health in the long run.

    This article might interest you if you’re trying to cut down on your intake of soda and junk food:

    http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/05/how-to-kill-your-addictions-to-junk.html

  • Bill says:
    May 21, 2008 at 4:34 am
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    I’m bookmarking that!

    I’ll start the Caff Free tomorrow. I did my first hour long workout in over a year this morning.

    (By the way, with the black text on gray comments, I can hardly read what I am typing.)

  • Don Cullen says:
    May 21, 2008 at 9:08 am
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    Awesome! Glad to hear you’re kicking butt, taking names, and getting in shape!

    I’d like to warn you; caffeine does have withdrawal symptoms. Those are:

    * Headache, the most common symptom, which affects at least of 50 percent of people in caffeine withdrawal
    * Fatigue or drowsiness
    * “Unhappy” mood, depression, or irritability
    * Difficulty concentrating
    * Flu-like symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, and stiffness.

    Those symptoms will last for at least two days, and sometimes can last for up to nine days.

    According to WebMD: “Researchers are saying that caffeine withdrawal should now be classified as a psychiatric disorder.”

    Here’s a link to the caffeine withdrawal article. It’s an interesting read. :)

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/30/health/webmd/main646620.shtml

    (PS: the text should be showing up as white. The CSS is rendering it as white, and it’s showing up as white for me. I even checked it in IE7 and FF3, both showing as white. What browser are you using? Are you using style override? Or are you using a plugin that overrides styles?)

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