Urine question

[Joeiss]

I went pee today at school, and it was like really really yellow. I was thinking about this, and I realized that I hadn't drank too much liquid during the day. I also remember that on my workout days, I drink a lot of water, and my urine looks like water almost.

Does anybody know how this works? I was kind of thinking that maybe urine is originally yellow, but when you drink more water, it because more diluted or something, and loses its colour.

Any science/bio guys know the answer?

[Professor S]

The darker the urine, the more water you need. Ideally your urine should be a pale yellow or clear. Remember, you're supposed to drink 10 8 oz glasses of water a day. I doubt most of us come close to this.

Unless you take a men's Multi-vitamin, then your pee will peel wallpaper no matter how much water you drink:D

[Bond]

Normal urine color is yellow. Pale urine color means you have drank a large amount of water. Urine may also be brown because large amounts of blood are present.

[DeathsHand]

Urine's a fun thing, isn't it?

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally posted by Bond
Normal urine color is yellow. Pale urine color means you have drank a large amount of water. Urine may also be brown because large amounts of blood are present.

Normal, yes... Healthy, no. The healthiest pee in the pool is absolutely clear.

[GameMaster]

When it's yellow, that's all the "bad stuff" your body has filtered out of you.

When it's clear, that is good, that means your body used all the liquids you took in.

Sounds like your drinking too many of those phony sports drinks to me Joeiss. :p

[One Winged Angel]

Technically if you see yellow in your urine you are dehydrated and need to drink water. I learned that in Boy Scouts before I got kicked out.

[PureEvil]

Yes, clear pee is good pee. Drinking a reasonable amout of water (milk does the same thing) keeps your kidneys flushed, which is a good thing. Yellow urine is very concentrated in bad stuff, so the goal should be to... not... have yellow pee, I guess.

Drinking a lot of water will also prevent gallstones, which I've heard are hella-painful to "pass". AND, they cut up the inside of your bladder, thus making you pee blood (which would probably be scary), resulting in another reason to avoid gallstones by drinking a lot of water. Yes yes, now I remember -- gallstones are caused by calcium build-ups, and water keeps the calcium flushed out (by way of your urine) so it doesn't have a chance to build up and cause you a bunch of trouble.

[Blackmane]

If you use multi-vitamins, usually your pee is really yellow anyways no matter how much water you drink because of all the extra unused minerals and vitamins in your body.

[bobcat]

Fact of the day:-

You MUST drink your own urine.......











































if you are stuck in the desert without water supplies

[The Germanator]

Fact of the day version 1.2

Urine should also be used as treatment for some sort of venom poisoning, like from a jelly fish or scorpion or something (when you don't have anything better around)

[Shadow_Link]

Fact version 1.3

Submerging your feet in a urine bath cures athletes foot..













:sneaky:

[One Winged Angel]

Fact version 1.4

Your all sick

[Shiz]

in hot weather, a minimum of 0.66 oz per lb in ur body is required...

at comfortable temps, 0.55 oz per lb

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by bobcat
Fact of the day:-

You MUST drink your own urine.......

if you are stuck in the desert without water supplies


NOOO!!! That is the worst thing of all time to do!!

[Jewels]

well, hey, when your stuck in the desert without anything to drink, and you want to survuve sometimes drastic measures should be taken.. lol

[Shadow_Link]

Yeh, if you want a quick way to die, you'll drink your p!ss.

There's a reason we urinate, it's to rid our body of toxins. You don't want those same toxins flowing through your blood stream now do you?

[GameKinG]

Urine is filled with ammonia I think. Dont drink it.

[Shiz]

you wont die...just get sick :D

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by Shiz
you wont die...just get sick :D

Do you speak from personal experience young Jedi?

[bobcat]

If you have no water, seriously I'm sure you would drink your own piss. Wouldn't you have a higher chance of dying dehydrated than poisoned?

[Shadow_Link]

Originally posted by bobcat
If you have no water, seriously I'm sure you would drink your own piss. Wouldn't you have a higher chance of dying dehydrated than poisoned?

That's questionable.

But you have to consider that when you are already dehydrated, and you urinate, the contents of your urine would have hardly any traces of water. So drinking your urine wouldn't do much, if anything at all to quench your first and rid you of dehydration. You would still be dehydrated, but poisoined aswel. Remember, concenrtated ammonia is NOT good for you... Wait a second, is it NH3 of NH2? Even if it's an amine or an ammonia, it's still bad for you.

[bobcat]

I see.

So I guess if you are out of food, you shouldn't do the obvious (yet most disgusting).

[Joeiss]

Never drink your pee, bobcat. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobcat]

Well as tempting as it sounds :unsure:

I think I can hold back ;)

[One Winged Angel]

I took multivitamins at one time... my piss smelt so bad I almost passed out.

[bobcat]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel
I took multivitamins at one time... my piss smelt so bad I almost passed out.

U should try eating popcorn

[Canyarion]

When you're in a desert and you need water, you can get some from plants. With a piece of plastic you 'catch' the evaporating water and let it fall in a cup or something.
I guess you could do that with urine... :unsure:

[Happydude]

lol...drinking piss...funny...

[Cyrax9]

Ok this was an "Unwanted' Chemistry/VBiology Lesson, I had better get an "A" in Cghemistry after looking in the crapper after taking a pee because of this, thanks guys, now I REALLy have to drink water instead of Lemonade n a daily basis and I HATE water! Don;'t ask why I just DO.