Caffeine and dehydration

Question

It's common knowledge that coffee and tea will dehydrate you because of the caffeine in them, but does this happen with soda?

Answer 1

If they contain caffeine.  Some have very high amounts of it. Read the label.

Answer 2

Soda does dehydrate your body. If your thirsty, go with water.

Answer 3

I don't think so -- I read an article a few weeks ago, that said that it's okay to drink coffee to hydrate yourself.  Their reasoning was that the caffeine dehydrates you a little bit, but the water you get from the coffee easily compensates, and then some.