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I recall being told my a nurse (I have friends that have been told this, too) that caffeine negates any hydration you get from soda, tea, etc, so those beverages don’t count. I was in with the flu and she wanted to know how many glasses of water I drank a day. When I said I only drank tea, she insisted it was like having nothing at all, and lectured me.
Lady, if that was true, I haven’t had more than a few swigs of water in months and should be dead.
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Plenty of nurses fall prey to alot of pseudoscience BS too. Many of them despite the fact they generally have the experience and the education to break down the chemistry of it, don’t bother when someone they respect spouts off something stupid. My favorites are the ones who would scream about sodas but not bat an eye at refined fruit juices that have little more nutrition than a soda does.