{"id":59183,"date":"2016-11-17T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/?p=59183"},"modified":"2024-02-27T02:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:38:39","slug":"what-the-color-of-your-pee-says-about-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/wellness-prevention\/what-the-color-of-your-pee-says-about-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"What The Color Of Your Pee Says About Your Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pee, or urine to sound professional, is something that can tell us a lot about the inner workings of the body. The different colors in the toilet bowl can be alarming, or maybe you\u2019re not the type to pay your urine any attention. If blue liquid came out of your body, though, wouldn\u2019t you want to know the reason for this abnormal occurrence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your pee comes out in an unfamiliar color, it usually has a non-threatening cause. One thing that you should know is that healthy urine is slightly yellow and transparent<\/strong>. This isn\u2019t always the case. If you\u2019ve ever been dehydrated<\/a>, for example, you may have noticed that your pee was a dark yellow. We want to give you a list of possible urine colors, <\/strong>just so you know what they mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is probably the healthiest urine,<\/strong> which is made up of about 96% water and minute waste. The body eliminates a nitrogen compound (urea) when there are too many amino acids to convert to sugar. Sugar remains and urea goes out. If this didn\u2019t happen, the pH of your bloodstream<\/a> would fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This color may be a result of you taking \u201cpee pills\u201d or diuretics. This is common for people who drink a lot of water<\/a>.<\/strong> This isn\u2019t a bad thing, it just means you are probably making more trips to the bathroom than normal from being hydrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means you are probably dehydrated<\/strong>. It is important that you drink enough water every day to keep your body healthy. Drink 8-10 8oz glasses of water each day will help you stay sufficiently hydrated<\/a>. If your urine is orange, it could be a sign of hepatitis<\/a>,<\/strong> but it could also mean that you eat too much food with beta-carotene<\/strong>. If you drink a lot of carrot juice, that could be the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The body cannot handle large amounts of nutritional supplements<\/a><\/strong> and cannot store a lot of vitamin B2<\/strong>. The excess of either of these usually results in bright yellow pee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This one might be shocking if you see it. Do you eat a lot of frosting or candy? If you eat a lot of food with blue dyes<\/strong>, this can turn your urine blue. Methylene blue<\/strong> is used to treat accidental cyanide poisoning or urinary tract infections<\/a>, and that can cause blue urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a couple reasons you might have green pee, which can also be alarming. Let\u2019s start with the benign reasons. If you drink a lot (and we mean a lot) of green tea<\/a>,<\/strong> you can have green pee. The most common reason for women to have green pee is when bacteria <\/strong>are transferred to the urinary tract when you wipe forward, as opposed to backward, with toilet paper. Profofol<\/strong>, an anesthetic, can cause green urine, and so can medications for Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a><\/strong>. It can also indicate poor liver function<\/strong><\/a>, or even liver cancer<\/strong>, which you can help by cleansing the liver<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is really attributed to a disease called porphyria<\/strong>, which commonly affects people in the UK or South Africa. It only affects about 30,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Red or pink urine is commonly attributed to bleeding in the urinary tract,<\/strong> which is a common side effect of having kidney stones<\/a>. <\/strong>If you have taken a blow to the kidneys or bladder, you can also have red or pink urine. In rare cases, it may mean you have kidney or bladder cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPale Yellow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Totally Clear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Orange or Dark Yellow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bright, Neon Yellow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Green<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Purple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Red or Pink<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Brown or Black<\/h2>\n\n\n\n