question on multis and water

[mdog]

when taking a multivitamin do you have to increase your water intake?? because i have taken them in the past and i always have yellow pee. then i go off them and it goes clear again. yesterday i noticed the same thing when i started again. could a mineral or vitamin be going straight through me or do i need more water??? thanks

[fish153]

Yellow/neon urine is due to the B vitamins, and is a completely normal thing while taking good multivitamins. It has nothing to do with your water intake, in this case. It isn't "going straight through" you either - it just means your body has taken what it needs of the B vitamins and is eliminating what it doesn't need.

[Wanguin]

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[OmniPotentTitan]

Yellow/neon urine is due to the B vitamins, and is a completely normal thing while taking good multivitamins. It has nothing to do with your water intake, in this case. It isn't "going straight through" you either - it just means your body has taken what it needs of the B vitamins and is eliminating what it doesn't need.

no its not like that at all
they are water soluble vitamins and your isnt able to grab all of them out of the water.

[fish153]

no its not like that at all
they are water soluble vitamins and your isnt able to grab all of them out of the water.

I've read both theories. Regardless, the point is that the guy's neon/yellow urine is not a sign of dehydration or anything out of the ordinary - it is due to B vitamins.

[OmniPotentTitan]

I've read both theories. Regardless, the point is that the guy's neon/yellow urine is not a sign of dehydration or anything out of the ordinary - it is due to B vitamins.

its not a theory, its fact, its called diffusion, when you take water soluble vitamins, they diffuse throughout all the water in your body.

[fish153]

its not a theory, its fact, its called diffusion, when you take water soluble vitamins, they diffuse throughout all the water in your body.

Great and yeah, I know that, but when it comes to explaining the color of urine after you take a multivitamin, I have also read on this very forum several posts insisting that part of it is due to your body absorbing/using what it needs and getting rid of the rest.

[OmniPotentTitan]

Great and yeah, I know that, but when it comes to explaining the color of urine after you take a multivitamin, I have also read on this very forum several posts insisting that part of it is due to your body absorbing/using what it needs and getting rid of the rest.

its not like that with water soluble vitamins, we are goin in circles here.

if you are not getting any in your diet, your liver can use some that it stored when you were taking an excess.

[fish153]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=780301
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=754026

There are several threads on this forum regarding "neon pee" - and nearly all are full of replies wherein people insist that the color of the urine is due to excess vitamin B / riboflavin being excreted.

[OmniPotentTitan]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=780301
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=754026

There are several threads on this forum regarding "neon pee" - and nearly all are full of replies wherein people insist that the color of the urine is due to excess vitamin B / riboflavin being excreted.

they are repeating what they read in previous threads like you jsut did in this one.

[fish153]

they are repeating what they read in previous threads like you jsut did in this one.

Actually, several non-personal websites agree:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002411.htm
http://www.vitaminuk.com/pages/artic...inbcomplex.htm
http://www.mens-total-fitness.com/vitamin-b2.html
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton...ogy/bio021.htm
http://www.vitaminherbuniversity.com...1&topicid=1002
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...ns/riboflavin/

Water soluble vitamins aren't easily stored in the body, so once the body takes what it needs, the excess is excreted. Most websites and sources agree with that. Those are just a few I found quickly by typing "riboflavin urine yellow" in yahoo.com's search engine.

Medlineplus states: "Because riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin, excess amounts are easily excreted by the body in the urine."

[OmniPotentTitan]

Actually, several non-personal websites agree:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002411.htm
http://www.vitaminuk.com/pages/artic...inbcomplex.htm
http://www.mens-total-fitness.com/vitamin-b2.html
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton...ogy/bio021.htm
http://www.vitaminherbuniversity.com...1&topicid=1002
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...ns/riboflavin/

Water soluble vitamins aren't easily stored in the body, so once the body takes what it needs, the excess is excreted. Most websites and sources agree with that. Those are just a few I found quickly by typing "riboflavin urine yellow" in yahoo.com's search engine.

Medlineplus states: "Because riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin, excess amounts are easily excreted by the body in the urine."

k for the links you didnt put any quotes so just posting links is pointless, and what medline states is in line with what i state, actually its exactly what i state.

[fish153]

k for the links you didnt put any quotes so just posting links is pointless, and what medline states is in line with what i state, actually its exactly what i state.

I figured that at 42 years old, you could possibly click on the links and read them for yourself.

I wrote this:
"It just means your body has taken what it needs of the B vitamins and is eliminating what it doesn't need."

Medline wrote this:
"Because riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin, excess amounts are easily excreted by the body in the urine."

How are the two any different at all? You criticized me as if my comment about the excess being excreted by the urine was completely incorrect, but Medline's explanation is exactly what I was saying. Both agree - excess is excreted in the urine, hence the neon color.

[fish153]

You're splitting hairs, OmniPotentTitan. The question was answered, links were posted to more information so if the thread starter wants to read more about Riboflavin and see that it does indeed cause neon urine he can, and in the meantime, there's nothing left to discuss here. We're going in circles and it's useless. I stand by what I said about the neon color being from urine excreting excess B vitamins - the end. Thanks for the conversation.

[OmniPotentTitan]

I figured that at 42 years old, you could possibly click on the links and read them for yourself.

I wrote this:
"It just means your body has taken what it needs of the B vitamins and is eliminating what it doesn't need."

Medline wrote this:
"Because riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin, excess amounts are easily excreted by the body in the urine."

How are the two any different at all? You criticized me as if my comment about the excess being excreted by the urine was completely incorrect, but Medline's explanation is exactly what I was saying. Both agree - excess is excreted in the urine, hence the neon color.

i guess we are agreeing then ?

[Stonecoldtruth]

i guess we are agreeing then ?

Dude, you are being a tool...

[mdog]

thanks fish153!!! that explains it thanks.. cheers guys

[OmniPotentTitan]

Dude, you are being a tool...

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