what happens to the color from food and drinks that we ingest? why is pee yellow?
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The color is absorbed in the body and our bloodstream. Its yellow is the urea from our kidney. If you drink enough water it wont be as yellow.
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It's funny to know that most of us think green bowel is disgusting & that were either dying or very ill. But contrary to popular belief, you want your bile a bright green. Yellow, orangish, & brown colored bile represent toxin accumulation in your body.
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Vitamins and certain minerals in energy drinks can make your urine green.Drink more water flush your kidneys.I take a high potency vitamin daily my urine looks that way sometimes doc told me its chemicals flushing through my system.
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Bacteria grow and feed in the sweat causing byproducts that stink\nuse an anti persperant instead of a deodorant. drink more water for the pee problem. You should pee clear to a slight yellow color with little or no odor. Both problems could be caused by what you are eating as well. Asparagus really makes my urine smell.
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It's the vitamins. When you take vitamins, your body will process the vitamins and minerals you need to extract from the pill(s), then you liver and kidneys will flush out the excess, and the end result is usually bright neon yellow urine, as well as a smell. If you are having any other symptoms, please see a doctor, it could be something other than your vitamins, and could be microscopically destroying your reproductive organs, or a bladder infection.
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It should be close to a clear color, if you drink enough water. A light yellow color is alright but you could drink a little more water. If its dark then thats not really good. You would need to drink more water and eat healthier.
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It could depending on what you have had to eat. If you eat or drink something with blue coloring in it, it can turn blue.
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No one can really say it depends on your particular body type,you should test your the PH of your urine once every few months to see if your progressing.Also be cautious with juicing too many carrots because they are high in sugar and can turn you a horrid shade of yellow!
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Have a quiet room... sitting with some friends out of nowhere ask in a normal tone....So (...) what colour is your pee?
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The kidneys serve two major functions: they keep the salt content of the blood constant, and they filter waste out of the bloodstream. So, the main components of urine are (salt) water and waste products. The major waste product from cells in the body is ammonia, and the major waste product from blood is a broken form of heme called bilirubin. In the liver, each of these is converted into a less hazardous form: ammonia is converted to urea, and bilirubin is degraded to urobilins. Salt, water, and urea are all colorless, but urobilins (which come from degraded pigments) are yellow. So, if you drink a lot, your urine will be more dilute and clearer, and if you get dehydrated, your urine will contain less water and be darker yellow.
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I worry if it mine is dark, I'm not getting enough fluid and the urine is too concentrated or there may be a kidney problem.  When I was a medical lab scientist the accepted 'standard' colour for screening urine samples was  'straw-coloured' (the dried grass sort, not what you drink through!), anything else usually led to further testing.
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Large amounts of some vitamins can change the color of your urine...B12 for instance. It just means you are getting more of the vitamin than your body can use and it is eliminating it through the kidneys. It's harmless.
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Dark urine means that you're dehydrated. It's better to fast with food instead of water. \nThat is not the fast removing toxins from your body, its your kidneys struggling to work without the availability of water. Renal failure can be caused by dehydration.
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yellow pee means your very dehydrated and that some of your minerals go out with your pee.\nclear means your good and you are hydrate
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Dunno. I'd guess it's atleast partially due to biliary salts because people with an obstucted common bile duct have light yellow stools.
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8-10 cups per day. However, if you are overweight, exercising, in a hot climate, etc, that number goes up.\n\nA better way to tell if you are properly hydrated is to look at the color of your urine. It should be almost clear. If it is dark yellow, drink more water.