fitness gu that your cup of joe will leave you dehydrated. what have you heard about coffee as far as the downfall of it, the negative potential of coffee? the negatives? being jittery, dependency and also dehydrated. i would say, if i m drinking coffee, i would generally like to follow the coffee with a water. reporter: it s true, caffeine can dehydrate you. but the study found that wasn t the case when it comes to you drinking moderate amounts of coffee. they took a group of men, half drank four small mugs of coffee a day. half drank four small glasses of water. then they switched. at the end of the study they found no significant difference in their hydration levels. black coffee, after all, is made up of more than 95% water. the bottom line for coffee drinkers, they found four small mugs per day shouldn t dehydrate you. this is good news? great news. reporter: but for a nation in love with its java, sticking with that limit may be easier said that done.
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love with its java, sticking with that limit may be easier said that done. linsey davis, abc news, new york. very interesting. but, you know, they only studied 50 guys over the course of three days, so sure. who knows what the real impact is. that s pretty true. this is the first one of the day right there. coffee should be its own food group. you know, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and coffee. have liberal coffee everyday. that s just my thought. i m working the night shift, too, so i need as much coffee as i can get. the latest mug shot that you have to see. and a real life drama for anne hathaway and it was no act. that s coming up next in the
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