# Medical/chemical question about water/orange juice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [February 1, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985 "2024-02-01T19:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/21 "2024-02-01T23:34:13Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > However: if she said something more like “_Orange juice, et al, are not merely water to the human body – that is, your body has to process the non-water component of those drinks, too_,” she’d have been a lot more accurate. That’s why drinking a liter of cola is less healthful than drinking a liter of water. You’re body has to deal with the extra calories, caffeine, CO2, and acid you’ve consumed choosing cola over water This is clearly what the nurse meant by “none of those are water, at least to the human body” IMO. She wasn’t saying the water component was processed any differently, just that processing all that other crap would make a difference to your body, and you would be better off replacing juice, etc. with water. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/22 "2024-02-01T23:59:59Z")
Maybe the juice identifies as water. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/23 "2024-02-02T00:10:24Z")
Juice is hydrating, as are tea and coffee. If you need extra calories, maybe juice isn’t too bad, but it does have a lot of sugar. Anyway, the nurse is just wrong. I drink maybe one cup of just water per day (unless I’m exercising) and I normally get the rest of my liquids from food and black and green tea. I’m fine, my kidneys function normally, my pee is normally colored, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/24 "2024-02-02T00:15:34Z")
**Beckdawrek,** stay warm! I typically make orange juice with frozen concentrate. To properly reconstitute, I must add 3 juice cans of water for each can of concentrate. This means that the resulting juice is 3/4 water at least, probably more, since the concentrate is not 100% juice. So for every 8 oz of OJ, I am getting at least 6 oz of water. If I drink 64 oz of juice, I am getting at least 48 oz of water. And I get water from other sources as well (pure water, milk, etc.), so reaching 64 oz total water per day isn’t hard, and typical. I am pissing like a race horse, so hydration isn’t the problem. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/25 "2024-02-02T00:38:05Z")
Moderating: > [@Riemann](#): > > > [@Musicat](#): > > > > He/She/Schmee, it’s all the same! What is this, gender city? > > Is it making shit up city? Don’t accuse posters of lying outside the pit. > [@Riemann](#): > > You don’t think it’s a bit weird to make up an anecdote about some clearly fabricated nurse? You’ve never gotten someone’s gender wrong in an anecdote when the gender is totally irrelevant? Heck, today i walked out of my office with a friend, and made a comment about the security guard. My friend replied, referring to the guard as “he”. I’m like 95% certain that guard looked like a woman. But if you think that’s unthinkable, go to the pit to complain. Don’t do it here. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8LakesSrfr7of9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gr8LakesSrfr7of9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8LakesSrfr7of9)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/26 "2024-02-02T21:31:46Z")
Yes, this. Changing the gender from the OP makes the original question seem sus. I’ve got nothing against gender fluidity (I ID as he, him, his) but it does throw off the OP. Water in juice is just that, mostly H2O. I was on a weight management plan a few years ago and they wanted me to drink half OJ and half water drinks. Didn’t work for me cuz I don’t like watered down beverages. I love things sweeeet. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985/27 "2024-02-02T22:32:37Z")
Try half unsweetened orange juice and half water/crushed ice. The water and frozen tongue make it more palatable. I promise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-chemical-question-about-water-orange-juice/996985.md?page=1)