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Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:35 PM May 2018

Question for our DOCTORS or physicians.

I drink too much diet cola, admittedly and I drink very little water.

Is the water in the cola acting as water as to hydration? Am I being hydrated properly?

I realize water is better, but am I receiving any benefit from the cola?

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Question for our DOCTORS or physicians. (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater May 2018 OP
No. The sodium in regular sodas and diet sodas negate any hydration benefit from the water in soda. Aristus May 2018 #1
Not to mention the caffeine diuretic effect... hlthe2b May 2018 #2
Thanks Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #3
Sure. Aristus May 2018 #4
while I have you, I have this growth Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #5
I hope that is on your back ploppy May 2018 #8
If you do not like water try a glass of milk or fortified orange juice that nutritionists recommend lunasun May 2018 #6
I discourage my patients from drinking fruit juice. Aristus May 2018 #7

Aristus

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1. No. The sodium in regular sodas and diet sodas negate any hydration benefit from the water in soda.
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:44 PM
May 2018

The goal of beverage manufacturers is not to quench your thirst; it's to keep you thirsty so you keep buying and drinking soda.

We tend not to notice the sodium levels in soda, because the sweeteners mask the salty taste.

If it's hydration you're after, drink water.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
7. I discourage my patients from drinking fruit juice.
Tue May 1, 2018, 03:23 PM
May 2018

And encourage them to eat whole fruit instead. The juice is just sugar, which, in the absence of the pulp and fiber found in whole fruit, will just get stored as fat in the liver.

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