have pretty dark yellow pee.
I have just recently started to make myself drink 1+ gallons of water a day. I started this about 2 weeks ago. I thought when you drank enough water your pee would eventually be almost clear, but since I have been drinking this much water it has Never been. It varies from day to day from on a scale of 1-10 of darkness it ranges from 4-7.
Whats the deal?
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02-26-2009, 03:11 PM #1
Drinking lots of water but still....
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02-26-2009, 03:19 PM #2
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Well, it's probably a function of what you're eating and/or supplementing with. Urine can be dark for a number of reasons, related to what your kidneys are having to work at most commonly: Creatine intake, excess protein, excess vitamins, or dehydration. Since dehydration probably isn't it, it's likely one of the others. Do you take a multi? Or a lot of b vitamins?
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02-26-2009, 03:37 PM #4
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Yeah, those compounds together put quite a bit of stress on kidneys. You would have to drink a lot more than a gallon of water to be clear. I wouldn't worry too much about it. I consume 3-4 gallons a day typically and mine isn't clear, due to supplements I intake. Unless you are supplement free and consuming copious amounts of water, and your piss is brown, there's no reason to worry.
sidenote- once had a friend who ran cross country who was pissing black. Now that was a cause for concern.I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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02-26-2009, 03:43 PM #6
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No, no, you misread. I mean it wouldn't HURT you to consume more water, but if you are consuming a gallon+ a day, it's probably not necessary. I'm saying if you wanted it to be clear you would have to take in a lot more. But there really isn't any reason you need your urine to be clear.
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02-27-2009, 05:55 AM #16
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When I was driving stock cars on hot nights, like a 50-lapper, I'd get out of the car at the end and pee, it was probably a #8 or worse. I'd lose 5-7 lbs of water weight from sweating in the 130 degree heat. I started to drink as much as I could before a race, pee and get in the car. It did get a lot better.
I take vitamins and my mid-morning whiz is a dayglo yellow bordering on a lime green. Many vitamins are loaded with food coloring.
But water is good, thanks for the reminder, I have to go fill up my cup.
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03-03-2009, 03:39 PM #23
B vitamins may darken your urine and B-2 may give it a neon/highlighter hue.
This article may be of help to you
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