Post ABPQjAp7Bznm4Ed8LY by gergely@social.polonkai.eu
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 (DIR) Post #ABPQjAp7Bznm4Ed8LY by gergely@social.polonkai.eu
       2021-09-16T05:00:12Z
       
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       Our parents used to say that drinking flavoured water (from lemonade to different sodas) and eating soups donʼt count as water intake. That became my stance as a parent, but somehow even i donʼt believe it. Do you guys know any good source on this?
       
 (DIR) Post #ABPQjBtPDWpPNpe4fo by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-09-16T05:23:05Z
       
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       @gergely Even normal food includes some water intake, so you're right to be skeptical of this old health meme.Meat is around 60% water and that water doesn't evaporate on death, so a pound of raw meat contains about a cup of water. Cooking it evaporates maybe an eighth of the water, so a pretty negligible loss.Soup and flavored water are mostly water.
       
 (DIR) Post #ABPRHE67Wciw4Hp1Qu by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-09-16T05:29:16Z
       
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       @gergely That said, getting hydration from sugary drinks is still terrible, because fructose is processed by your liver very similarly to alcohol. Plus, there's no fiber to slow the process down like in fruit, so it's smashing various organs hard.Caffeinated drinks also cause you to pee out water, though I hear this is not actually that big a deal.Getting water from soup and broth is perfectly fine though, even at a substantial scale.
       
 (DIR) Post #ABPRRh7eT0ZayyWuQK by icedquinn@blob.cat
       2021-09-16T05:31:10.906663Z
       
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       @urusan @gergely its probably just an old rule of thumb. it's easier to teach someone to drink two bottles a day than to try and get in to the algebra of how the body extracts chemicals from food intake.
       
 (DIR) Post #ABPSHOKvYcXzmGOGa8 by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-09-16T05:40:29Z
       
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       @gergely Here's a WebMD article:https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/healthy-beveragesThey point out that alcohol is dehydrating, so it's basically the one major exception.Many alcoholic drinks have substantial water, but the diuretic effect is more powerful.Also, hard liquor doesn't even have much water.
       
 (DIR) Post #ABPoiWEkURqV5eqCS8 by evelyn@masto.evelynyap.com
       2021-09-16T09:51:53Z
       
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       @urusan @gergely One thing to consider re: soups/broths... They may* be high in sodium. ☝️
       
 (DIR) Post #ABQAmebfVn7FCLwEhU by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-09-16T13:59:10Z
       
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       @evelyn @gergely That's an excellent point. Looking it up, even the lowest salt broth (bone broth) has more than the daily recommended value of sodium per calorie (about 180%). Most prepackaged soups are ridiculously off the charts in this regard.Interestingly, sodium is more demonized than it should be. The recommended daily value is actually the minimum, unlike pretty much every other nutrient. So unless you have a health problem, exceeding it is not that bad.
       
 (DIR) Post #ABR8XnFp4XeQvNSy8m by evelyn@masto.evelynyap.com
       2021-09-17T01:08:45Z
       
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       @urusan @gergely It helps make food yummy. 👍Too much of anything* isn't good.Not just sodium. ☝️
       
 (DIR) Post #ABSifEG0rgOqCxMNfs by gergely@social.polonkai.eu
       2021-09-17T19:27:58Z
       
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       @evelyn @urusan thanks, thatʼs a lot to take in. Iʼll read that webmd thing and some other articles, but you were more than helpful! 🤗