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Originally posted by Melusine:
Coffee definitely does, but as long as you avoid black tea, I don't think tea dehydrates you. Try green tea* or herb teas (especially ginger tea, tea with honey, chamomile, sage). Caffeine is not such a bad thing BTW, some painkillers contain small doses of coffeine and vitamin C to help battle colds and flus. And the hotness of the tea relieves a sore throat like nothing else does, or so I have always thought.
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Actually, after posting I was thinking you might have meant herbal teas - those are definitely much better than black tea.
I agree, caffeine in small doses is good but the trouble is, too many people (especially here in Canada) drink far too much caffeine in their diet.
It's actually a requirement in the mechanics licence - you have to learn how to consume vast quantities of coffee!
