is iced tea (the brewed kind) just about as good for you as drinking water ?
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Well, the best kind of tea for you is green, I believe, but they're all caffienated. I hope green is the best. I am stocked up the keister with it Haha. But red teas like the ones out of Madagascar are really good for you as well. I am not very accustomed to their taste (pitooey), so I stick to green tea (with a dab of honey). White and black teas are the ones with the caffiene and not many antioxidants... so, theoretically, they're all mostly water and caffiene... but the green and red teas have the most antioxidants per punch than the others.
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It is very good for your digestion so yes drink all the water you want. And you will also eat less!
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green tea is great for making your metabolism go faster, its a wee bit hard to get used to the taste but i love it now, i would usually have about 3 cups a day.
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As long as there is no sugar, you can drink them with each meal... but I would try to substitute it with water, or a water with lemon.  Some of the markets carry flavored water with no calories.\n\nCaffeine in coffee/tea raises your heart rate, which is not the best.  Water is always recommended, and there's way to drink that and still have flavor.\n\nIf you need something with more flavor, try substituting the coffee/tea with natural sodas like Hansens or San Pelligrino Oranchata.  You can find these at healthier stores like Trader Joes, Whole Foods, etc.
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well i drink a lot of tea myself  not nearly a gallon of tea but  up to 6-10 cups  i switched from coffee  heres something i found  out from your question\nhttp://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v60/n1/full/1602260a.html
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Almost everyone agrees that water is good for you and that the biggest problem with water intake is that you don't drink enough. We have all had it drummed into us that we need to drink at least eight glasses of water a day. That it's important to drink water before and during exercise. \n\nThat coffee and tea don't count because caffeine can dehydrate our bodies. And that you can't trust your thirst as an accurate measure of when you need water since if you're thirsty you're already dehydrated. Well think again. According to a recent review in the Journal of Physiology, most of these accepted truths seem to be myths. \n\n This review looked at the scientific evidence of the 8*8 mantra � drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day, and found that there really was none. \n\nThe claimed benefits of taking in that much water each day, including benefits for weight loss, bowels, fatigue, arthritis, mental alertness and headaches, losing weight, preventing constipation, are also mostly unsubstantiated. \n\nOther Water Myths That Are Debunked In This Article Include: \n\n\nBy the time a person is thirsty that person is already dehydrated. This in fact isn't true and the best measure of how much water to drink is your thirst. \n\nDark urine means dehydration. Again that's not strictly true either as there are many other factors that can contribute to dark urine. \n\nCaffeinated beverages dehydrate us. As you'd expect much of this is also unsubstantiated. In fact, contrary to popular opinion, a recent study has found that coffee, tea and sodas are hydrating for people used to caffeine and thus should count toward their daily fluid total. \nWhile this review focuses on the validity of the various water myths, no one seriously disputes that getting enough water is crucial. However, fears of dehydration and the constant barrage telling us we don't drink enough water, has led to a mistaken belief that the safe thing to do is to drink as much and as often as possible. But drinking too much water can be hazardous to your health. \n\n\nToo Much Water?\n \n\nThe reason why over hydrating can be dangerous is that when we consume large amounts of water when exercising, blood plasma (the liquid part of blood) increases, while the sodium concentration in the body fluids decreases, both as a result of the dilution by the water but also because sodium is lost by sweating. \n\nHyponatremia, or low blood sodium, generally happens after drinking too much plain water and can lead to adverse effects and tissue damage, and interfere with brain, heart, and muscle function. \n\n Early symptoms can be difficult to spot and include: \n\n\nConfusion \nNausea \nFatigue \nMuscle cramps \nWeakness\nMore severe symptoms can include vomiting, muscle twitching, delirium, seizures, coma and death. \n\nA new review of three deaths of US military recruits highlights the dangers of drinking too much water. Like in sports, the military has traditionally focused on dangers of not drinking enough, especially under conditions often associated with exercise and hot conditions. However, getting overzealous over the need to drink large amounts of water and over-hydrating can have deadly consequences. \n\n\nSo How Much Water Should You Drink.\n \n\nMy recommendation is to drink when you're thirsty, and if you think you should be drinking more, don't overdo it. As far as drinking water in and around exercise, I've outlined a few simple guidelines that will make sure you're well hydrated without hitting any extremes. \n\nWithin an hour or so of training, drink a few glasses of water so you start well hydrated. While training you can drink a glass or so of water for every 15 minutes you train, especially if you're sweating it out. \n\nHowever, even during times of heavy sweating don't take in more than a quart and half of water per hour. As far as how much your daily intake of water should be, The Americ
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the only side effect from the tea could be from consumption of too much caffeine, but nothing much. Green tea helps speed up the metabolism more, but you simply cannot lose weight from drinking tea. You need to eat less and excercise more.
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No, it's not as good.  Water means plain old water without any flavouring whatsoever.  Any type of substitute you add to water to enhance the flavor will have empty calories and other ingredients which are not productive for your health and weight loss.  The key to weight loss is to maintain a daily calorie deficit and sugar or artificially based products will only may it harder to acheive this goal.  It's not worth the extra little taste you get out it.\n\nTo main a calorie deficit, use this calculator for a rough assessment of your total energy requirement:\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.html
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Yah, I drink probably 8-10 glasses a day. At one time I drank a lot more, but my doctor told me to stop it. I guess too much water can be harmful.
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Green tea does wonders for your body. I drink about 2 bottles of the stuff daily. Your not drinking too much. They actually recommend 10 cups or more daily. It has been shown to reduce cancer by 3 years. It prevents many diseases. Some studies disagree on how much you should drink. Some say only 2 cups gets you the amount of stuff you need, but 10 cups gets you the most benefits.
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Not directly.  It (even the diet kind) can cause obesity, which is a risk factor in some cancers.  It can leach calcium out of your bones and raises your risk of diabetes even if you only drink one a day.  It can eat the rust off of nails and clean a car battery, so I don't think it is easy on your stomach.  If you like the caffeine, switch to green tea, it is much healthier.  Also, soda (especially citrus flavored clear ones) can contain benzenes at 20 parts per million if it is exposed to light and heat.  The safe limit for benzenes in drinking water is .05 parts per million.  The FDA declined to regulate soda because, they said, people drink more water than soda!  I think this is untrue.  Many teenagers don't drink water at all and indulge in several sodas a day.
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Brewing the perfect cup of tea \n\n\n-antioxidants break down fast so fresh brewed is best \n-tea made from loose leaves has more antioxidants than tea bags which tend to have lower quality powdered leaves \n-a timer for getting exact infusion times, \n-infuser for loose-leaf tea, \n-teaspoon for measuring tea, \n-instant read thermometer to check water temperature \n-small saucer for holding used tea bag \n1.  Begin with fresh, cold good-tasting water.  Let water run to incorporate more oxygen.  Filtered is best because the process removes chemical tastes.  Distilled may be too purified and produce a flat taste.  Chlorine in tap water can lower antioxidant levels if it is not brought to a boil first. \n\n2.  In a tea kettle, bring water just to a boil to properly oxygenate it.  Over-boiling drives off oxygen. \n\n3.  Pour some on the hot water into the teapot to warm it, discard the water.  Its okay to use hot tap water for preheating.  Water temperature may drop several degrees in poured into a cold cup/teapot and decrease the flavor extraction from the tea.  You can use your saucer to cover the cup to retain the heat while brewing\n\n\n4.  Add tea leaves to pot, or use infuser.  How much tea is a matter of taste, but a good rule of thumb is about 1tsp per 1c tea plus one for the pot.  Pour hot water over the tea leaves immediately for black tea or let it cool to proper temp for other types of tea.  \n\n\n5.  Let the leaves steep.  Watch the clock not the color. \n\n·        Oolongs need just 1-2 minutes at between 185-195F \n\n·        Green tea needs only to be steeped 2-3 minutes at 165-180F.  Lower temperature helps protect against bitter taste.  However, longer steeping will extract more antioxidants. \n\n·        Most black teas should be steeped right at boiling (212F) for 3-5 minutes. \n\n·        The longer you steep, the more bitter your tea will be.  Never steep more than 5 minutes except for white tea which can be infused for 5-7 minutes and herbal which requires 10-20minutes to extract flavor.  Add more tea leaves for a stronger brew. \n\n·        If using loose tea leaves, make sure your leaves have room to “unfurl”.
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Studies have shown that you get used to the caffeine and it no longer dehydrates you....\n"Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any, fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition in Omaha measured how different combinations of water, coffee and caffeinated sodas affected the hydration status of 18 healthy adults who drink caffeinated beverages routinely. \n\n"We found no significant differences at all," says nutritionist Ann Grandjean, the study's lead author. "The purpose of the study was to find out if caffeine is dehydrating in healthy people who are drinking normal amounts of it. It is not." \n\nThe same goes for tea, juice, milk and caffeinated sodas: One glass provides about the same amount of hydrating fluid as a glass of water. The only common drinks that produce a net loss of fluids are those containing alcohol — and usually it takes more than one of those to cause noticeable dehydration, doctors say. "
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Tea isn't a fat burner, fat is burnt when your body needs energy, anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it.  Save your money and drink water and exercise.
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"Coffee has more caffeine than tea" --> This is the general misconception among people.\n\nTEA actually holds a higher caffeine content than coffee. Note that the TEA i'm referring here is English tea.\n\nChinese tea and Green tea, however, holds a very small amount of caffeine. These 2 types are consider the most healthy form of tea (with caffeine amount in green tea the lowest)
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Though it is of course ok to drink it, there is an argument that it is more healthy to drink tap water because of the minerals it has in it. Our bodies need trace ammounts of all kinds of minerals to survive that we don't always get from food. \n\nWe even need a small ammount of cyanide in our diet to survive. This was discovered as the technology to feed a person intravenously for a long period of time developed. Minerals that were not previously thought to be essential were found to get their way into our diets through dust that settles on our food and of course water sources, and our bodies are dependent on these minerals.
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Green Tea does help your metabolism out a bit, but it is good for you for other reasons as well, being as it has lots of antioxidants in it.