Here's an interesting question,
does drinking coffee actually dehydrate you?
Being the kind of person who likes to read health books
and health articles, and the kind of person
who definitely enjoys a morning cup of coffee,
I have heard this assertion many, many times.
It's usually phrased this way,
coffee is a diuretic so it'll dehydrate you if you drink it.
But, is this actually true?
Well, the short answer is well actually two short answers.
One, yes, coffee or rather the caffeine
within that coffee is technically a diuretic.
But, answer number two no it will not dehydrate you.
For the most part, coffee will actually hydrate you
just about as well as normal water will
especially if you take it with milk or cream.
So given that, why are people continually running around
talking about coffee as a diuretic?
I imagine it's because people don't really know
the definition of a diuretic is.
They probably think it's something
that actively dehydrates you which it's not.
A diuretic is, by definition, just something
that increases the production of urine.
So, if you're drinking something that is a diuretic
you have to consider that that's only
one feature of that beverage.
Another very important feature being the fact
that it's probably mostly composed of water.
This means in order for a diuretic beverage
to dehydrate you that diuretic effect would have
to be significantly powerful enough
to offset the increase in water flowing into your body.
And in the case of coffee, that diuretic effect
isn't very strong at all.
And what's more, if you drink coffee
with any regularity whatsoever your body develops
a tolerance to that effect really quickly.
A study that was done back in 1928 found
that participants who abstained from caffeine
for over two months did have a substantial fluid loss
after being given caffeine.
But within four to five days of regular caffeine use,
their bodies developed that tolerance.
And putting the case of coffee aside most beverages
that are diuretics that we drink in our everyday lives
are in fact weak diuretics.
Which means that drinking them will hydrate you
nearly as well as normal water will.
In fact, a 2015 study that was done in UK tested
the fluid loss caused by 13 different drinks including,
and you and I both know I have
an iPad here I'm reading off of.
So, I'm just gonna read off of it.
Coffee, tea, lager beer, orange juice, soda, and milk.
And the data they gained from these tests
was used to create a beverage hydration index.
Which showed that all the tested drinks
hydrate nearly as well as plain water.
Coffee was the worst but it was still pretty darn close.
Also surprisingly, milk was found
to be even more hydrating than water.
Which is why earlier I said that
if you take your coffee with milk or cream,
it's probably right on par with water.
So, here's the bottom line.
All the drinks you consume throughout your day
contribute to your overall hydration.
And this is also true of the food you eat,
especially if you eat lots of water heavy fruits
and vegetables which you definitely should be doing.
Now, this definitely doesn't negate
the other negative effects
that certain drinks can have though.
You can still become caffeine dependent
if you drink too much coffee or too many
caffeinated beverages and that can really interfere
with the quality of your sleep
and also impair mental functioning.
And if you're drinking lots of sodas
or those energy drinks or even a lot of fruit juice
the sugar in those drinks can cause an excessive
insulin response which can lead to weight gain
and all sorts of other health problems.
So, if you want to optimize your health use common sense
and make most of your fluid intake either be water
or low caffeine teas like Rooibos, not ree-bos,
but Rooibus, and or green teas.
Did I just say and or in a video?
Also, a morning latte or a glass of orange juice
won't hurt much either as long
as you keep these things in moderation.
But, from a hydration point of view all of it counts.
None of these drinks is going to dehydrate you.
In fact, the ironic part in this
is the most potentially dehydrating part of coffee
or any beverage with a diuretic effect is the fact
that people tell other people that it's dehydrating.
As the author Ben Desbrow put it,
"By advising people not to consumer drinks they enjoy
"just because they contain caffeine,
"individuals may not automatically replace drinks,
"leading to a reduction in total fluid intake."
Now, if you wanna learn more about hydration
and figure out how you can make sure that you stay hydrated,
stick around because that'll be the topic
for next week's video.
Until, keep enjoying your morning coffee.
Speaking of coffee and moderation,
the one time when a caffeine intake does tend
to spike is when I'm editing my videos.
And one of the most common questions I get
about my editing process is what tools do you use?
Now, honestly I use a lot of different programs
to make my videos because my videos have a lot
of different moving parts to them.
But the two workhorse programs that get most
of the heavy lifting done are Adobe's Premier Pro
and After Effects for animations.
Both of these programs are really powerful
but that also means they can pretty complex
at the start, especially After Effects.
I remember opening that for the first time,
it was like trying to learn a new language
just to use the interface.
But eventually, through a lot of practice
I was able to learn the ins and outs of both programs.
And they enable me to now make far better videos
than what I was putting out a few years ago.
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