Is the recommended six to eight glasses of water needed each day to maintain good health required to be tap water, or are other drinks okay?
Juice, milk, and soft drinks are almost all water, so they do count toward the required total daily fluid intake. Nutritionists often recommend tap water, however, because some other beverages contain chemicals like caffeine and alcohol that cause one to lose water. These are called diuretics and thus, they do not help maintain fluid balance as well as other drinks. Tap water does not have these chemicals, so it is a safe recommendation, although other non-alcoholic drinks, including caffeine-free soft drinks, are fine.
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