What Color Should My Pee Be?

Are you practically bursting to know more about pee, but have been too embarrassed to ask your questions aloud? Well, urine for a treat. A stream of pee worries plague people’s minds every day. For answers on this toilet topic, U.S. News talked to Dr. Michael O’Leary, a senior urologic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dr. Benjamin Davies, associate professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and chief of urology at UPMC Shadyside/Hillman Cancer Center. So consider this your primer on pee.
What color should my pee be?
This may come as a shock, but according to Davies, it doesn’t really matter. “We don’t care about the color of your pee particularly,” he says. “Many foods can change the color of your pee. If you down a whole bunch of beets your pee is gonna be red.” He also says asparagus can make your pee green. “We don’t really use [color] as a barometer for your health, unless you’re trying to make sure you’re hydrated, and we want to see that it’s relatively clear,” he adds. If your pee is a darker shade, like dark yellow or even amber, you’re not getting enough fluids. “Urine ought to be closer to clear than it is to dark yellow,” O’Leary explains.
How often should I pee?
There’s no “normal” amount, per se, experts say. Healthy people with healthy kidneys produce 2 liters of urine a day (a...

Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news