What makes your urine orange/yellow vs. clear?

June 16, 2005 | self / vanity

[Sloth]

Homosexual intercourse. It's the only possible cause.

[Sloth]

This will color some bodily wastes, but not urine, IIRC.

[smonk]

---An alcoholic once told me he knew he was drunk when his urine turned clear.---

I usually know when I fall down.

[SittinYonder]

I usually know when I fall down.

LOL! I usually know when my wife says, "For Christ's sake, sit down and shut up! You are drunk and embarrassing me again."

[carolinacrazy]

How bout a nasty discharge?

Maybe just freepmail your answer, I have some issues.

[mikrofon]

What makes your urine orange/yellow

[teenyelliott]

Harry, aren't you the one with the potassium thing?

I HIGHLY suggest you get yourself to the doctor, and address these issues with him. Why in the world are you soliciting medical advice on FR?

Any number of things can cause your urine to change color. Some are no big deal, others are.

For goodness sake, man, go to the doctor!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eastforker]

Real simple, when you do a lot of sweating and don't drink enough water the urine may stay in the bladder for 10-12 hours or more. Rule of thumb, when working in the heat drink enough water to urinate at least once an hour, any thing less is a sign of dehydration which can cause muscle spasms or loss of grip in your hands and fingers, important to know if you climb ladders and structures.

[Redcloak]

OK... So some people may be getting "pissy" about this thread, however, it's an interesting subject. If you take plenty of vitamins, your urine should be bright yellow to orange. Your body is disposing of the excess vitamins through your urine. If your urine suddenly becomes pale, that indicates that your body is now in need of those excess vitamins. (Either that or you've just had a lot of beer!)

...so said my high school biology teacher. (Except for the part about the beer; he didn't say that.)

[Dog Gone]

Black pee

[Petronski]

Your kidneys remove excess water and filter out junk.

The fluid is the water and the yellow is the junk. There's always water, but not always junk.

[Osage Orange]

Depends

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Too much homemade Sangria on a Saturday night usually does it for me!

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

...and I just told another thread I was going to bed.

Hey, we had a playgroup of moms where 7 or 8 of us were pregnant at the same time. At one of the playdates, we all took our turn going to the potty where each of us peed into little dixie cups of Drano. If the mixture stayed blue/green, you were having a boy. I think brown or something crazy like that meant a girl.

Stay at home moms can be entertained like this for hours. :)

[Central Scrutiniser]

Mine is bright blue, but I drink windex and radiator fluid!

BTW, I am a Smurf.

[Vision]

As my uncle used to say...that's Vitamin C yellow

[teenyelliott]

Funny. Funny, funny.

Bertha, look at post #20

[Fierce Allegiance]

Beets.

Depends how hard.

[Tax-chick]

:-).

[boris]

Asparagus.