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Drinking all that water is so your body won't retain water as supply. If you feed your body water like crazy it will not store water for later use since it knows it will receive it. If you drink so much water you will loook skinner. I drink a lot of diet sodas even though it has sodium, but if you drink a cup of water w/ it you will piss out the sodium. I sometimes do that....
Drinking so much water won't kill your craving or make you full but diet soda does!
Drinking so much water won't kill your craving or make you full but diet soda does!
Lumberg
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Hey Aurelius (and every one else on this thread) a study was done quite recently that debunked the whole theory of caffeine beinng a diruetic.
Here's how it worked: people were randomized into a control and an experiment group. The controls were served delicious decaf. THe experimentees were served real coffee with caffeine. Of course they did not know which they were getting.
Their urine output was measured for several hours.
The results? The people who drank decaf peed not only just as much but just as often as the group that drank the regular.
I do not like caffeine for a variety of reasons (increased cortisol, insulin resistance) buit the dirutic effect is not one of them.
JC
Here's how it worked: people were randomized into a control and an experiment group. The controls were served delicious decaf. THe experimentees were served real coffee with caffeine. Of course they did not know which they were getting.
Their urine output was measured for several hours.
The results? The people who drank decaf peed not only just as much but just as often as the group that drank the regular.
I do not like caffeine for a variety of reasons (increased cortisol, insulin resistance) buit the dirutic effect is not one of them.
JC
LaviathanX
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I'd have to read the actual study to verify the validity of it for myself. I mean, what if a few people from each group happened to drink a lot of water before going to the study? What if they pee a lot anyway (like me)? I dunno, but caffeine makes me pee, and I know it. Stupid research...
greenday
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I don't care what she does, drink one gallon of water per day, and reduce your sodium intake, sodium makes you retain more water, drinking 2 gallons a day, you will be peeing all day long, and you could start flushing out some of your vitamins and minerals, you could get water toxication, (I spelled it wrong), which is rare, but a few people have died from it. Do a search on these boards, someone posted about it a little while back.
casavant
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joncrane said:
Man, with all due respect, I don't see how they possibly could have come to that conclusion. I know caffeine makes me pee more- it's obvious. I can be carrying a great pump, like when I'm on creatine, and take a few Vivarin and my arm will be a full 1/4" smaller by the end of the day, no matter how much water I try to drink to make up for it. This has happened time and time again, like clockwork. I can feel it in my muscles too.
I don't buy that study at all.
here is the study :
Study Shows Caffeine Does Not Increase Dehydration
(Released: June 25, 2002)
By Janice Palmer, Office of University Communications
STORRS, Conn. -- Caffeine is not the diuretic demon people are often told to avoid during exercise or while working in extreme environmental conditions. In fact, caffeine is no more a diuretic than water, according to a research review article by Larry Armstrong, a professor of exercise and environmental physiology, at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education.
For decades, health and exercise experts have warned that consuming caffeine and caffeinated beverages can lead to dehydration. But Armstrong, an avid runner and a well-respected scientist in the fields of thermo-regulation and human performance, observed evidence to the contrary, so he investigated whether abstaining from caffeinated beverages was scientifically and physiologically justifiable.
"While there have been several studies done that show caffeine is a mild diuretic, there is no evidence that exercise, when combined with the consumption of caffeine or caffeinated beverages, will result in chronic dehydration, and this is contrary to the advice of most exercise physiologists, physicians and dieticians," explains Armstrong, who has been conducting fluid balance research since 1980.
"Therefore, the health and performance of athletes and recreational enthusiasts will not be impaired if they consume caffeine and caffeinated beverages in moderation and eat a well-balanced diet," he says. The National Coffee Association funded his study.
- MORE -
Among his findings:
When consuming caffeine or a caffeinated beverage, the body retains some of the fluid;
Caffeine consumption causes a mild diuresis very similar to that of water. (Water, when consumed in large volume, increases urine output);
There is no evidence that consumption of caffeinated beverages causes a fluid-electrolyte imbalance that is detrimental to health or exercise performance;
A person who regularly consumes caffeine has a higher tolerance to the diuretic effect;
The determination of safety or risk of consuming caffeine and caffeinated beverages depends on several factors, including the amount consumed and tolerance to caffeine.
For decades, caffeine has been a favorite stimulant for athletes trying to make weight or enhance muscle definition before competition. Both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the International Olympic Committee classify caffeine as a banned substance because of its ergogenic properties. But while there are instances of abnormal and unhealthy diuretic use by athletes, Armstrong reports that "these examples should not be interpreted to mean that the average person who participates in exercise several times a week would be jeopardizing his or her health by consuming one or two caffeinated products each day."
Since the scientific literature analyzed by Armstrong focused on moderate amounts of caffeine (1-4 cups of coffee a day), he advises that further research be conducted to determine if chronic, high-dose caffeine consumed during several days results in fluid-electrolyte imbalances.
His findings were published in the June issue of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and recently presented at the American College of Sports Medicine conference in St. Louis, MO.
Study Shows Caffeine Does Not Increase Dehydration
(Released: June 25, 2002)
By Janice Palmer, Office of University Communications
STORRS, Conn. -- Caffeine is not the diuretic demon people are often told to avoid during exercise or while working in extreme environmental conditions. In fact, caffeine is no more a diuretic than water, according to a research review article by Larry Armstrong, a professor of exercise and environmental physiology, at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education.
For decades, health and exercise experts have warned that consuming caffeine and caffeinated beverages can lead to dehydration. But Armstrong, an avid runner and a well-respected scientist in the fields of thermo-regulation and human performance, observed evidence to the contrary, so he investigated whether abstaining from caffeinated beverages was scientifically and physiologically justifiable.
"While there have been several studies done that show caffeine is a mild diuretic, there is no evidence that exercise, when combined with the consumption of caffeine or caffeinated beverages, will result in chronic dehydration, and this is contrary to the advice of most exercise physiologists, physicians and dieticians," explains Armstrong, who has been conducting fluid balance research since 1980.
"Therefore, the health and performance of athletes and recreational enthusiasts will not be impaired if they consume caffeine and caffeinated beverages in moderation and eat a well-balanced diet," he says. The National Coffee Association funded his study.
- MORE -
Among his findings:
When consuming caffeine or a caffeinated beverage, the body retains some of the fluid;
Caffeine consumption causes a mild diuresis very similar to that of water. (Water, when consumed in large volume, increases urine output);
There is no evidence that consumption of caffeinated beverages causes a fluid-electrolyte imbalance that is detrimental to health or exercise performance;
A person who regularly consumes caffeine has a higher tolerance to the diuretic effect;
The determination of safety or risk of consuming caffeine and caffeinated beverages depends on several factors, including the amount consumed and tolerance to caffeine.
For decades, caffeine has been a favorite stimulant for athletes trying to make weight or enhance muscle definition before competition. Both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the International Olympic Committee classify caffeine as a banned substance because of its ergogenic properties. But while there are instances of abnormal and unhealthy diuretic use by athletes, Armstrong reports that "these examples should not be interpreted to mean that the average person who participates in exercise several times a week would be jeopardizing his or her health by consuming one or two caffeinated products each day."
Since the scientific literature analyzed by Armstrong focused on moderate amounts of caffeine (1-4 cups of coffee a day), he advises that further research be conducted to determine if chronic, high-dose caffeine consumed during several days results in fluid-electrolyte imbalances.
His findings were published in the June issue of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and recently presented at the American College of Sports Medicine conference in St. Louis, MO.
ROLGOR
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Drinking so much water won't kill your craving or make you full but diet soda does!
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The caffine aside, the sweetner in diet pop increases hunger cravings because it makes your body think it is getting glucose when it is getting nothing.
I know that since I quit drinking a bunch of pop and make sure I drink a gallon of water a day I sleep better, my skin tone is better and I save big bucks...lol
Drinking so much water won't kill your craving or make you full but diet soda does!
____________________________________________________
The caffine aside, the sweetner in diet pop increases hunger cravings because it makes your body think it is getting glucose when it is getting nothing.
I know that since I quit drinking a bunch of pop and make sure I drink a gallon of water a day I sleep better, my skin tone is better and I save big bucks...lol
carbonated drinks are the worst for your gains
