At what amount do the speakers say coffee becomes a diuretic?

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COFFEE MYTH BUSTED!! Coffee DOES NOT dehydrate you...

17 Apr 2024 · 0 min

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A short conversational clip from a YouTube video by James Laughlin (uploaded Apr 17, 2024) discussing whether coffee dehydrates. The speakers claim that studies show drinking under four cups of coffee is not diuretic and argue that coffee counts toward hydration, while noting caffeine can affect adrenals and stress.

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They state that anything under four cups of coffee is not a diuretic (implying four cups or more may be).

So the good news is that the studies show that anything under four cups of coffee is not a diuretic. Wow. Yeah. So now if I were to drink four cups of coffee, I would be on the wall. Like, I can't, you know? So you have to realize there's caffeine, and caffeine is a drug, and caffeine can affect us in other ways. Right. From our adrenals and stress standpoint. But from a hydration standpoint, coffee counts as hydration.
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