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re: Settle This Argument--Is Iced Tea just Flavored Water?
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:10 pm to SirSaintly
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:10 pm to SirSaintly
Caffeine is a diuretic but tea does not have enough to have a dehydrating effect on you. You would have to drink A LOT of tea to have negative effect. In addition, tea would be better for you because it contains antioxidants and caffeine, which are beneficial to vascular, neurological health.
Now You Know!
Now You Know!
This post was edited on 4/19/13 at 1:12 pm
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Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:11 pm to Crumble
Hot dog flavored water.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:23 pm to SirSaintly
Your friend is correct. Excessive ice tea consumption can also cause your bones to become brittle.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:29 pm to SirSaintly
Nothing except water is water.
Having said that, drink your tea and don't worry do much. There are things in tea that are good for you. Caffeine is actually not all that bad for you.
Having said that, drink your tea and don't worry do much. There are things in tea that are good for you. Caffeine is actually not all that bad for you.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:30 pm to GaryMyMan
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You're going to have serious kidney problems if you drink 64oz of tea a day.
Bull shite. Way to overreact.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:37 pm to SirSaintly
Iced tea and mio is the same concept as coffee or soft drinks (minus the carbonation). It's all just water with other stuff mixed in it. If soft drinks don't count then tea shouldn't count.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:40 pm to GeauxPack81
I would rank tea way over mio.
That mio crap is horrendous for your body. (most) tea is natural and is great for you.
Not 100% the same as water, but close
That mio crap is horrendous for your body. (most) tea is natural and is great for you.
Not 100% the same as water, but close
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:44 pm to SirSaintly
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It's not like adding a tea bag and brewing changes the chemical composition of h2o.
Do you consider beer, flavored water?
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:55 pm to GeauxPack81
This issue isn't a dichotomy, it's a continuum. Yes, most beverages are "flavored water." But, that oversimplifies the point. Adding a single sugar crystal to a glass of water doesn't instantly turn it into the equivalent of a can of Coke. The relevant discussion isn't whether tea is the equivalent of water, but how close to water tea is, and how much closer is it to water, relative to other alternatives, such as soda. Now, I don't have the answers as they will rely on the interplay between the percentage of water relative to the whole, the presence or absence of diuretics such as caffeine, alcohol, and sodium, the amount of particulate matter, the amount of chemicals the body considers "useless" that need to be filtered and purged, etc, etc, etc.
Still, even if you don't have the answers, one should always take care to ask the correct questions
Still, even if you don't have the answers, one should always take care to ask the correct questions
This post was edited on 4/19/13 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 4/19/13 at 2:06 pm to kkille1lsu
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Somewhat of a myth
Actually I never heard of it until I read an article about it last month. Brand new study. Something like 4 glasses of tea over 15 years = some kind of bone disorder. The medical term was too long to remember. Not osteo, made me think of Uncle Si.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 2:28 pm to Zach
Hmm. Interesting.
Found: Skeletal Fluorosis
Found: Skeletal Fluorosis
This post was edited on 4/19/13 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 4/19/13 at 2:38 pm to Zach
Posted on 4/19/13 at 2:42 pm to Joshjrn
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This issue isn't a dichotomy, it's a continuum. Yes, most beverages are "flavored water." But, that oversimplifies the point. Adding a single sugar crystal to a glass of water doesn't instantly turn it into the equivalent of a can of Coke. The relevant discussion isn't whether tea is the equivalent of water, but how close to water tea is, and how much closer is it to water, relative to other alternatives, such as soda. Now, I don't have the answers as they will rely on the interplay between the percentage of water relative to the whole, the presence or absence of diuretics such as caffeine, alcohol, and sodium, the amount of particulate matter, the amount of chemicals the body considers "useless" that need to be filtered and purged, etc, etc, etc.
Ok, I think I'll stick to water mostly. An occasional tea and stop drinking Mio. Thanks, that cleared that up for me
Posted on 4/19/13 at 2:48 pm to SirSaintly
Green or White tea or herbal is basically flavored water.
Black Tea has a lot of caffeine, and is more similar to coffee though less potent.
Black Tea has a lot of caffeine, and is more similar to coffee though less potent.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 3:56 pm to SirSaintly
Every drink is just flavored water.
Posted on 4/19/13 at 4:10 pm to SirSaintly
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still fulfill the requirements of drinking 64oz of water?
What requirement? No requirement exists to drink 64oz of water a day.
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