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does squash count as water?

? Squash has hardly any sugar in it - fruit juice on the other hand is ****ing choc-a-bloc with the stuff. A 250ml glass has like 33% of your RDA of sugar.

Reply 21

Consie

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fuit juice/sqaush the same?

Reply 22

FoeGeddaBowDeet

Isn't squash like robinsons fruit and barley? fruit juice from concentrate?

Reply 23

Consie

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robinsons is from concentrate isnt it?

Reply 24

Clubber Lang

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Thud

omg! sugar! think of the teeth! won't someone please think of the teeth!!!

i have perfect teeth, i've drunk a ****load of ribena every single day for many years: no fillings, no braces, nothing, just perfect. don't be such a bunch of wusses.

but your a pefect human specimen...

back to the original question - i wouldnt count it as part fo your 'allowance'.

Reply 25

~the_one~

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Clubber Lang

back to the original question - i wouldnt count it as part fo your 'allowance'.

Why ever not? It's just flavored water = water

generally when they recommend 8 glasses that includes any source, vegetables, squash.

Reply 26

Untitled258

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I drink so much squash, all suger free mind.

I have a 750ml sports flask, i usually fill it up once every hour and half, two hours.

Ive never considered it part of my water intake, even though thinking about it, it is really, imo, which is grand, because im always thinking "i need to drink more water" but i dont really like the taste unless its flavoured.

Reply 27

Vohamanah

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I thought 'pure' fruit juice had more sugar in it than squash anyways. I seem to remember reading you should really only count fruit juice as one of your 5 fruit/veg because its really sugary.

Plus I think tea has more caffeine in it than coffee, AverageGuyOnTheStreet :s-smilie:

EDIT: Ah no my mistake, apparently that last one's a common myth. Dry tea has more caffeine than dry coffee, but once prepared, coffee has more. But still tea is by no means low on the stuff.

Reply 28

quadruple_twist

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Yes, it's fine. Even full-sugar squash contains far less sugar than coke/fruit juice etc, given that you dilute it.

Reply 29

Eubacterium

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gl1tche

if im told to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day, would 6-8 glasses of squash (orange concetrate + water) count, or is there something ive not looked at? thanks alot!!!

It's a lot better on diet coke which is all I can drink.....

Reply 30

Thud

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Clubber Lang

but your a pefect human specimen...

sounds about right.

Reply 31

bisous

It must count. I vividly remember a Robinson's ad with a woman talking about "8 glasses of water?! that's an awful lot...make it easier with Robinson's" or something to that effect.

Reply 32

Spike4848

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All drinks, including alcoholic drinks (i.e. not shots but wine/beer etc.) contribute to your daily water intake. As does what you eat. Lots of water in everything you eat.
Just because it also has crap in it doesn't mean it doesn't still count towards your 6-8 a day.
And to be quite honest, sod drinking 6-8 a day drink as much as you feel like drinking. If your thirsty, me thinks your body will tell you. If your not thirsty and your still drinking constantly it ain't so good.

Reply 33

Consie

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beer dehyrdrates you doesnt it? Hangover = chiefly dehydration? You're technically taking on liquid, but its not as if its hydrating you.

Reply 34

bisous

Spike4848

All drinks, including alcoholic drinks (i.e. not shots but wine/beer etc.) contribute to your daily water intake. As does what you eat. Lots of water in everything you eat.
Just because it also has crap in it doesn't mean it doesn't still count towards your 6-8 a day.
And to be quite honest, sod drinking 6-8 a day drink as much as you feel like drinking. If your thirsty, me thinks your body will tell you. If your not thirsty and your still drinking constantly it ain't so good.

No, some drinks like tea and coffee are diuretics and use up water in your body.

Reply 35

Talya

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moniker

No, some drinks like tea and coffee are diuretics and use up water in your body.

Oh shush:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/drinks_caff.shtml

Tea

An estimated 196,000,000 cups of tea are drunk every day in the UK, and it's thought the average person in the UK will consume 80,000 cups of tea during their life. These figures are pretty spectacular, so what can tea do for us?

Tea does contribute slightly to our intakes of minerals, and it certainly helps to replace lost fluids, but the health interest in tea at the moment surrounds its potential role in lowering the risk of coronary heart disease and some cancers.

Tea contains antioxidant substances called flavonoids. These have been shown to help slow or inhibit the chemical reactions thought to take place during the development of coronary heart disease. So sup up.