Why does common advice stipulate that you must consume pure water for hydration? Won’t things with any amount of water in them hydrate you, proportional to the water content?

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Why does common advice stipulate that you must consume pure water for hydration? Won’t things with any amount of water in them hydrate you, proportional to the water content?

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Ever had ocean water? Just because it has water doesn’t mean common sense will prevail. Physics and chemistry love breaking common sense (for example, that stuff that moves continues to magically move in space/vacuums).