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35 Responses to “Is it okay to drink tea instead of water?”
As long as you are drinking enough water….a glass of unsweetened tea should not be a problem. The calories imparted by the steeping tea would be minimal at best.
Yes, at one time it was thought that the caffeine in tea and coffee caused you to be dehydrated. This was found to be bunk for folks who regularly drink it. So, drink away. Water is water whether it is flavored or not.
Tea is good, but don’t cut out all your pure water. A better alternative is to get those powdered lemonaide packets for waterbottles. My friend only drinks those and she is doing great and even losing wieght.
Tea is basiclly water, no calories, soduim (salt), or sugar, so drink up!
but it is only healthy to drink that much water if you are 140 pounds.you are only supposed to drink half your weight in ounces to increase your matablism!
Honestly as long as you do enough exercise to counter your caloric intake you could eat/drink just about as much of anything you wanted to. If you are really worried about the amount of calories in the tea, just do enough of a physical activity to make up for it.
There is no reason to drink that much water. Tea is very good for you. If you want to lose weight, you need to exercise and eat a balanced, sensible diet.
If you are afraid of weight reprecussions there are little packets of water flavoring you can buy at the grocery store. They contain splenda so they dont set you back at all. Sorry I dont know the brand, but you can check for them the next time you go.
YES..Me and my omther are tea drinkers, sleepy time, detox, etc. we are in the proccess of trying to lose weight aswell. Try Stevia, it is not suger but it’ll put a better taste than just nothing in your tea..k
There is no substitute for water. Do not just drink tea instead of water. Tea will act as diuretic.
It is completely find to have a Lipton iced tea. But if you are trying to lose weight, the consensus is that green tea promotes weight loss. I have at least 64 ounces of water everyday and usually two to three cups of green tea.
Don’t be afraid to drink tea, just make sure there is no added sugar and still drink plenty of water.
Go right ahead. If you are just drinking 1 or 2 glasses or tea a day, the amount of caffeine and tannin acids are so small that they won’t really impact your diet or health. However, remember, the caffeine at dinner time may make it a little harder to fall asleep. Try it for a week and see if you notice a difference. Lipton’s also makes a decaf version.
Lipton Iced tea is fine. Bare in mind, you don’t need to go overboard with the water intake, 8 glasses a day is recommended for most people. (Unless you’re an athlete in which case you would need drink more.)
I would not drink black tea when eating dinner, it prevents the body from absorbing iron, but it’s fine to drink at other times during the day. Tea in general is not going to make that much of a difference to your weight.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:46 am
brian
i think it’s ok
May 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
jimor
Water is the best drink for you.You can drink tea but not too much of it.
May 29th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
vickie
yes
May 31st, 2009 at 6:11 am
gilbreath
green tea speeds up your metabolism and its not that bad so id go with that
May 31st, 2009 at 9:01 am
hago
could give kidney stones
June 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm
norman
As long as you are drinking enough water….a glass of unsweetened tea should not be a problem. The calories imparted by the steeping tea would be minimal at best.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
hailey
You should drink Green Tea instead, it’s great for losing weight..
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
lucidomi
no water is healther
June 4th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
meahend
Yes, at one time it was thought that the caffeine in tea and coffee caused you to be dehydrated. This was found to be bunk for folks who regularly drink it. So, drink away. Water is water whether it is flavored or not.
June 7th, 2009 at 7:04 am
gottlieb
yea…green fruit..tea, Is good for you. I love green one, especially with milk
June 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
lippert
it’s ok to have some but not a lot. it has calories so when you get bored of too much water sip some tea but do not substitude for water.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:42 am
eahend
Tea is good, but don’t cut out all your pure water. A better alternative is to get those powdered lemonaide packets for waterbottles. My friend only drinks those and she is doing great and even losing wieght.
June 14th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
felewhit
it should be fine
however you should try those Crystal Lite waterbottle packets
they’re great =)
June 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
jocamp
Yes, but have a straight-up water now and again. Also try a little lemon now and again with either water or tea to clean your system.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
hammers
Try Crystal light if your watching calories, has flavor and is very low on calories
June 17th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
pasimm
tea because of the caffeine can become very addictive , trust me on this one i drink over 1/2 a gallon a day ( DIET UNSWEETENED ) BUT I LOVE IT
June 19th, 2009 at 11:58 am
howard
Tea is basiclly water, no calories, soduim (salt), or sugar, so drink up!
but it is only healthy to drink that much water if you are 140 pounds.you are only supposed to drink half your weight in ounces to increase your matablism!
June 21st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
ada
Honestly as long as you do enough exercise to counter your caloric intake you could eat/drink just about as much of anything you wanted to. If you are really worried about the amount of calories in the tea, just do enough of a physical activity to make up for it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
jacham
it`s OK if that dinner is before 6 pm
June 26th, 2009 at 10:46 am
darcy
There is no reason to drink that much water. Tea is very good for you. If you want to lose weight, you need to exercise and eat a balanced, sensible diet.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
jenimul
Tea has no calories, but does have caffeine–which can dehydrate you. It would be best to get decaffeinated or herbal tea–there is a large selection.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
rose
Sure, everyone needs to live a little.
If you are afraid of weight reprecussions there are little packets of water flavoring you can buy at the grocery store. They contain splenda so they dont set you back at all. Sorry I dont know the brand, but you can check for them the next time you go.
July 6th, 2009 at 3:06 am
chwa
YES..Me and my omther are tea drinkers, sleepy time, detox, etc. we are in the proccess of trying to lose weight aswell. Try Stevia, it is not suger but it’ll put a better taste than just nothing in your tea..k
July 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
henry
its ok to have something else,once in a while,as long as you dont give up on water.water flushes out your system.
July 7th, 2009 at 6:12 am
guarino
the tea is still mostly water, so it’s fine. I flavor all the water I drink.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am
rose
There is no substitute for water. Do not just drink tea instead of water. Tea will act as diuretic.
It is completely find to have a Lipton iced tea. But if you are trying to lose weight, the consensus is that green tea promotes weight loss. I have at least 64 ounces of water everyday and usually two to three cups of green tea.
Don’t be afraid to drink tea, just make sure there is no added sugar and still drink plenty of water.
July 11th, 2009 at 4:30 am
chapman
Yes, it is okay to drink tea. Tea and water is healthy. If you want more info about tea:
July 14th, 2009 at 5:21 am
lanning
Go right ahead. If you are just drinking 1 or 2 glasses or tea a day, the amount of caffeine and tannin acids are so small that they won’t really impact your diet or health. However, remember, the caffeine at dinner time may make it a little harder to fall asleep. Try it for a week and see if you notice a difference. Lipton’s also makes a decaf version.
July 16th, 2009 at 1:49 am
madefr
Unsweetened tea is fine, with two provisos:
1. No more than 2 cups per day. Black tea prevents your body’s absorption of iron.
2. No milk in tea. Milk offsets the heart benefits in a cup of tea. (Actually, the odd cuppa tea with milk and sugar is not gonna kill you!)
July 18th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
zachco
Water would be best, but you could definetely have some tea too, just make sure that you drink more water than tea, not to much tea….=D
Also, kudos to you on drinking that much water, I really need to start drinking more agua. Hey, I’ll go get some now!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
bima
tea is pretty much just sweetened water. If you drink it unsweetened then you may as well say it is the same as drinking water
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
charlene
That is fine as long as you still drink water.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
rhflem
Lipton Iced tea is fine. Bare in mind, you don’t need to go overboard with the water intake, 8 glasses a day is recommended for most people. (Unless you’re an athlete in which case you would need drink more.)
I would not drink black tea when eating dinner, it prevents the body from absorbing iron, but it’s fine to drink at other times during the day. Tea in general is not going to make that much of a difference to your weight.
July 25th, 2009 at 1:00 am
cesi
drink lots of beer; it olso has lots of water in it and if you drink enough of it you wont give a toss if you are fat
July 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
julian
Water is the better choice…but is alright to drink tea sometimes