It seems from the NHS website that it does count towards your fluid intake 😊

Water, drinks and hydration

Find out how water and other drinks fit into a healthy diet and lifestyle.

www.nhs.uk

 

I count any drink thats 0cal as water, tea, diet soda the lot! I hate drinking plain water too

 

I count it because it’s definitely most of my liquid intake😭

 

I would count it. It’s fluid, it’s going to help hydrate you.

 

I don’t know if it can be considered water, but definitely a fluid. I’d suggest trying some water flavorings and mixes if you can, not drinking enough water can be super dangerous and takes a toll on pretty much your whole body.

 

I only drink diet soda so I hope so! Fluid is a fluid I guess!

 

caffeine is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates you. now, soda or most teas don't have enough caffeine in them to completely counteract the water in the beverage, so it still hydrates you somewhat. just not as much as water would. you probably should be making sure you get extra fluids in general if you are having a lot of caffeine.

 

Nooooooo please don’t get this idea. You need actual water. Your pee should not be smelly and dark. You need water. Even if it’s a sparkling water, add some mio if u desperately need it. But y’all do not go around saying it’s ok to replace your water with soda bc it’s “a fluid”. Drink. Water. I’m sorry you don’t like it, but your body requires it and I promise u 100 it will make you feel better. Drink some freakin water. Now! Go do it!

 

y’all do not go around saying it’s ok to replace your water with soda bc it’s “a fluid”

oversimplifies a tad — you're right to say being coke-only isn't ideal, and absolutely right to recommend adding flavours to water, but if someone sincerely can't stomach anything else, relying on other fluids is okay when the alternative is not drinking anything at all. water is always the best choice but any fluid [barring alcohol] is better than none. any danger related to carbonated or sweetened drinks is less immediately damaging than the real, common and basically-guaranteed effects of dehydration

 

i kind of hope so bc some days i don’t drink water and this is tmi but some days ill pee like.. once bc of drinking no water

 

I don't personally, but I drink a lot of Diet soda too, lol.

 

Yeah even coffee counts as water, there is a slight diuretic effect but it is pretty negligible

 

oversimplifies a tad — you're right to say being coke-only isn't ideal, and absolutely right to recommend adding flavours to water, but if someone sincerely can't stomach anything else, relying on other fluids is okay when the alternative is not drinking anything at all. water is always the best choice but any fluid [barring alcohol] is better than none. any danger related to carbonated or sweetened drinks is less immediately damaging than the real, common and basically-guaranteed effects of dehydration

while I agree that it's better to drink soda than to drink nothing at all, consuming lots of diet soda has so many potential side effects that it's not that far from alcohol in terms of being harmful to one's health (at least in my opinion). plain water is still necessary

I’m going to second what Erase has said.
and also add, there are different options for fluid than soda. Water rules, obviously, because science.
However, I deeply advise OP to chill out on the soda. There’s other fluid options if u sincerely refuse water, but soda/caffeinated beverages are not gonna do you very good. Regardless of whether you can immediately tell rn or not. Be well. 🙏

 

i don’t count my 0cal sodas , coffee , sparkling water etc