Just wondering.....

Do you count protein shakes as part of your fluid intake?  Or are we supposed to drink a miminum of 64 oz plus the shakes? Just a question.... Deb

most docs & NUTS will say to count as both protein AND fluid.... if you think about it, your body doesn't differentiate, it uses everything that it needs.  You drink a protein drink, your body needs the protein, so it uses it.  What's left over in the drink?  fluids.  Does your body need fluids? of course, so it uses the fluid.