Tea - Healthier than water

Hi everyone, nice to be back after having been offline for a while :)
Ok this is a very interesting subject to myself and have had many discussions about this subject. Well like Chewy I am also an avid coffee drinker, I guess i consume about 9 - 12 mugs of coffee a day but I drink fresh coffee rather than the freeze dried type which in itself is as "coffee" as it gets, Now because I dont drink tea that makes things a little probmatic in the fact that I had no proper fluid intake as such, However my theory is this.. if our bodies are 2.3 make up of water then somehow we need to get that water back in, But anything thats added to water I.E juice, tea, coffee etc.. is no longer water so in effect our bodies are not actually getting pure replacemant.
I do however echo chewys sentiments on the Tea debate,
I have found a solution to my problem though and that is that I buy bottled water from Asda and I must admit I do notice a difference in my overall health in a positive way.
I will leave you with this theory though. If we consume beverage with water + something added how does our bodies decide which is water for our blood and which is something not water, interesting thought :)

Only one problem, i only drink coffee, i cannot stand tea lol, plus i drink way too much coffee

lol,cant stand coffee,and rarely have tea-ive been told before that having tea in hot weather helps cool you down,can anyone verify that?i got told a few years ago in italy wen i was on hol n my mum was drinkin tea wen it was about 35 degrees and i had no idea why lol,so can anyone confirm or deny that tea cools you down wen ur hot?

Originally Posted by stevvy

lol,cant stand coffee,and rarely have tea-ive been told before that having tea in hot weather helps cool you down,can anyone verify that?i got told a few years ago in italy wen i was on hol n my mum was drinkin tea wen it was about 35 degrees and i had no idea why lol,so can anyone confirm or deny that tea cools you down wen ur hot?

That is sorta correct, in hot weather, the best thing to drink which will stop you sweating so much is a hot drink (tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc) if you dont sweat so much you do not get dehydrated plus if you are sweating a lot then the hot weather will heat the sweat up giving you the feeling of being hotter than you actually are.

ah ok,cheers for that dozer-must admit when i heard it the first time i was.........confused to say the least lol,cheers for sort of confirmin wot i sed,as i spose wot i sed wasnt entirely correct,but thanks anyway :)

yes if i have to admit it tea is healthier then water, but since living here with dozer i have to admit dozer has converted me to a coffee drinker and a black coffee at that which is supposed to make you more alert and keep you awake but... it doesn't have that much of an effect on me.

i used to always drink tea from the age of 15 and it certainly was alot better then water at the time as the water from berkshire didn't exactly taste that nice to drink anyway so the only other option was having a hot drink or go without lol and there wasn't anything else to drink in the house at that time :(

lol,tut,coffee is yuck,it smells n tastes bad lol,how can u let him convert u like that lol

Just watching a health program and they just said tea and coffee are bad for your teeth cos they stain them!! thats what i always thought. caffeine containing drinks are also bad for various peopel with medical conditions both physical and mental health....! so beware! Its also a diuretic, meaning that it makes you need the toilet more....surely this dehydrates you?? from what i know it contradicts what u found out chewy...not sure which is true!

There are to much contradictory health informations out there... it is simply impossible to know what is "correct", you have to choose what is working for you... i tried a lot of things and nothing had a really "good" or "bad" effect on me if i did not expect this effect... that is why now i am doing kinda an "experiment" and i just choose what i FEEL like drinking or eating, no matter what others say :)