I take mine after a workout to give me instant protein and energy without the jolty and
dehydrating effects of coffee.
Not exact matches
While it is true that caffeine has a moderate diuretic
effect, the amount
of water in your
coffee or tea outweighs any
dehydrating effect of caffeine.
If you're consuming alcohol regularly or drinking more than a cup
of coffee daily, you need to be aware
of the
dehydrating effect they can have.
At the same time, we have sugary drinks, sodas, and flavored
coffees; all
of them have an intensely
dehydrating effect, causing sugar spikes and subsequent crashes.
And
of course drinking soda,
coffee or alcohol all produce a
dehydrating effect along with all the other ways it's bad for your hormones!
For example: If you drink a 16oz
coffee, the caffeine will cause about the same amount
of water to be eliminated from the body, thus not producing a
dehydrating effect.
If you are drinking
coffee regularly, you may need to sip even more water throughout the day to make up for the
dehydrating effects of caffeine.