just proves the whole theory might be wrong, :O

erm, your body is just taking on fluids in water rather than coke.

MB

Reply 2

musicbloke

erm, your body is just taking on fluids in water rather than coke.

MB

Wow, that wasn't obvious at all now!

Don't people know what kidneys are and what they do? :rolleyes:

Reply 3

Chewwy

Revenged

Wow, that wasn't obvious at all now!

Don't people know what kidneys are and what they do? :rolleyes:

you've made two many posts regarding kidneys in the past hour. slow down.

Reply 4

SamTheMan

habosh

I've been off diet coke since about 3 days *hard believe me * anyway I seem to drink loads more water that I've used to :eek:

it coke is deydrating I should've drank much more water than now :eek:

How does that prove that diet coke is dehydrating? :confused:

If you drink a lot of water when you don't drink diet coke and you don't feel the need to drink much water when you do drink diet coke, that shows that diet coke hydrates you. I thought that would be pretty obvious.

Reply 5

SamTheMan

How does that prove that diet coke is dehydrating? :confused:

If you drink a lot of water when you don't drink diet coke and you don't feel the need to drink much water when you do drink diet coke, that shows that diet coke hydrates you. I thought that would be pretty obvious.

You're logic would make sense if coke was hydrating

BUT it isn't!

Google... 'kidney'

And you'll find that kidneys compensate for being dehydrating by reabsorbing more water.

What you drink has more to do with thirst and not dehydration... you are simply drinking coke instead of water to prevent thirst

Reply 6

chewwy

you've made two many posts regarding kidneys in the past hour. slow down.

lol, well only because it is relavent

Reply 7

SamTheMan

Revenged

You're logic would make sense if coke was hydrating

BUT it isn't!

Google... 'kidney'

And you'll find that kidneys compensate for being dehydrating by reabsorbing more water.

What you drink has more to do with thirst and not dehydration... you are simply drinking coke instead of water to prevent thirst

hmmm but then the kidneys the water that makes up coke. I'm willing to accept that coke is not as hydrating than water but it hydrates you since it brings the water that your kidneys need to absorb after being dehydrating by the other ingredients in coke...

Reply 8

SamTheMan

hmmm but then the kidneys the water that makes up coke. I'm willing to accept that coke is not as hydrating than water but it hydrates you since it brings the water that your kidneys need to absorb after being dehydrating by the other ingredients in coke...

Perhaps you're correct on this...

However, you must understand that caffine in coke is has diuretic effect and thus produces more urine which is why it is less hydrating than water. I thought you were suggesting before that water and coke were just as hydrating.

Though what about the other ingredients, i'm not too sure... i'm willing to with the compromise that it is less hydrating than water as i'm not sure on what the other ingredients would do.

You must understand though that alcoholic drinks contain water but are very dehydrating nonetheless.

Reply 9

joyabbott

coke contains caffeine which is a weak diuretic so theoretically less hydrating than water, however, you kidneys will quite happily reabsorb what is required so coke is not going to dehydrate you

Reply 10

naelse

caffeine dehydrates, so it doesn't matter if there is water in coke, you still need to replace the fluid by drinking water or a non-caffeinated drink. the reason you drank less water before is not because you were getting what you needed, but because your body got used to your habits and compensated. Now it has realised that you are drinking water and so has re-adjusted. I bet you anything that if you stayed off the coke for a couple of weeks, on your first day back to your old habits you would develop a headache.

btw, i'm assuming that all you drank before is diet coke. Did you not drink any water before?

Reply 11

john !!

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habosh

I've been off diet coke since about 3 days *hard believe me * anyway I seem to drink loads more water that I've used to :eek:

it coke is deydrating I should've drank much more water than now :eek:

what did you just say?

Reply 12

Ellie4

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The caffeine in diet coke is a diuretic, so it dehydrates you, just like alcohol or coffee. Quite what you said in your first post, I have no idea :s:

Reply 13

Solomon

habosh

I've been off diet coke since about 3 days *hard believe me * anyway I seem to drink loads more water that I've used to :eek:

it coke is deydrating I should've drank much more water than now :eek:

Yes you should have, diet coke should be replaced by water permanatly.

Reply 14

naelse

mik1w

what did you just say?

i think she's trying to say that because she is drinking more water now than before she gave up coke, she must be more dehydrated now than before

Reply 15

SamTheMan

This thread makes little sense :s-smilie:

If some of your claims were true, if you were to just drink diet coke you'd die of dehydration. Coke is less dehydrating because the hydrating property of the water is reduced by the dehydrating ingredients such as caffeine but it'll still hydrate you.

Coke contains less caffeine than a strong coffee so were you to drink a strong coffee and then half a litre of water or were you to drink 2 33cl cans of diet coke would have the similar effect. Neither is going to dehydrate to the point that the hydrating ability of the water would be cancelled.

Reply 16

naelse