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By Dr. Mercola
Urine can reveal important information about your body’s
waste elimination process, providing clues about your overall
health status.
Your kidneys serve to filter excess water and water-soluble
wastes out of your blood, getting rid of toxins and things that
would otherwise build up and cause you to become ill. Many
things from excess protein and sugar to bacteria and yeast
may make their way into your urine.
Instead of ignoring your urine and dashing back to whatever
important activity having to pee interrupted, take this golden
opportunity to become familiar with your normal.
If you notice changes in the way your urine looks or smells,
the cause might be something as benign as what you had for dinner
last night, such as beets or asparagus. Or, your astuteness may
potentially alert you to a serious condition.
If you suspect you have a urinary tract problem, you should
consult your physician. One of the first things he or she is
likely to do is a urine test. Urine tests have been around for
more than 6,000 years1 and are easy, noninvasive tools for
quickly assessing your health status.
Minding Your Pees and Cues
In your lifetime, your kidneys filter more than one million
gallons of water, enough to fill a small lake. Amazingly, one
kidney can handle the task perfectly well. In fact, if you lose
a kidney, your remaining kidney can increase in size by 50
percent within two months, to take over the job of both.
Urine is 95 percent water and five percent urea, uric
acid, minerals, salts, enzymes, and various substances that
would cause problems if allowed to accumulate in your body4.
Normal urine is clear and has a straw yellow color, caused by
a bile pigment called urobilin.
As with your stool, your urine changes color depending on
what foods you eat, what medications and supplements you take,
how much water you drink, how active you are, and the time of
the day.
But some diseases can also change the color and other characteristics
of your urine, so it’s important to be alertand informed. With so many
variables, you can’t always be sure of what’s causing any particular urine
characteristic, short of laboratory testing. However, urine’s character gives
you some clues to potential problems that may be developing, giving
you time to do something about it.
The following chart outlines some of the most common color
variations for urine and their possible origins. The majority
of the time, color changes resulting from foods, medications,
supplements, or simply dehydration. But there are certain signs
that warrant concern.
COLOR Yellow/Gold
Possible Cause The most typical urine color, indicative of
a healthy urinary tract; yellow will intensify
depending on hydration; some B vitamins cause
bright yellow urine
Necessary: Action None
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COLOR Red/Pink
Possible Cause Hematuria (fresh blood in the urine) related to
urinary tract infection (UTI), kidney stone,
or rarely cancer; consumption of red foods such
as beets, blueberries, red food dyes, rhubarb;
iron supplements; Pepto-Bismol, Maalox, and a
variety of other drugs; classic "port wine"
color may indicate porphyria (genetic disorder)
Necessary Action: Consult your physician immediately if you
suspect you have blood in your urine
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COLOR White/Colorless
Possible Cause Excessive hydration is most likely. (See Cloudy)
Necessary Action: Consult your physician only if chronic
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COLOR Orange
Possible Cause Typically a sign of dehydration, showing up
earlier than thirst; "holding your bladder"
for too long; post-exercise; consuming orange
foods (carrots, squash, or food dyes); the
drug Pyridium (phenazopyridine); liver or
pituitary problem (ADH, or antidiuretic hormone)
Necessary Action: Drink more water and don’t delay urination;
consult physician if orange urine persists
despite adequate hydration
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COLOR Amber
Possible Cause More concentrated than orange so severe
dehydration related to intense exercise or
heat; excess caffeine or salt; hematuria;
decreased urine production (oliguria or
anuria); metabolic problem; pituitary problem
(ADH, or antidiuretic hormone)
Necessary Action: Consult your physician if problem persists
despite adequate hydration
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COLOR Brown
Possible Cause Very dense urine concentration, extreme
dehydration; consumption of fava beans;
melanuria (too many particles in urine); UTI;
kidney stone; kidney tumor or blood clot;
Addison’s disease; glycosuria; renal artery
stenosis; proteinuria; pituitary problem (ADH,
or antidiuretic hormone)
Necessary Action: Consult your physician if problem persists
despite adequate hydration, especially if
accompanied by pale stools or yellow skin or
eyes
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COLOR Black
Possible Cause RARE: Alkaptonuria, a genetic disorder of
phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism marked
by accumulation of homogentisic acid in the
blood; poisoning
Necessary Action: Consult your physician
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COLOR Green
Possible Cause RARE: Unusual UTIs and certain foods (such as
asparagus); excessive vitamins
Necessary Action: Usually benign; consult your physician if it
persists, especially if you have pain or
burning (dysuria), and/or frequent urination
(polyuria), which are symptoms of UTI
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COLOR Blue
Possible Cause RARE: Artificial colors in foods or drugs;
bilirubin; medications such as methylene
blue; unusual UTIs
Necessary Action: Usually benign; consult your physician if it
persists, especially if you have pain or
burning (dysuria), and/or frequent urination
(polyuria), which are symptoms of UTI
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COLOR Cloudy
Possible Cause Urinary tract infection, kidney problem,
metabolic problem, or chyluria (lymph fluid
in the urine), phosphaturia (phosphate
crystals), pituitary problem (ADH, or
antidiuretic hormone)
Necessary Action: Consult physician, especially if you have
pain or burning (dysuria), and/or frequent
urination (polyuria), which are symptoms of
UTI
=====================================
COLOR Sediment
Possible Cause Proteinuria (protein particles) or albuminuria;
UTI; kidney stones; see Cloudy
Necessary Action: Consult your physician
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COLOR Foamy
Possible Cause Turbulent urine stream; proteinuria (most
common causes are diabetes and hypertension)
Necessary Action: Consult physician if not due to turbulence
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Continued on 3/12/14
Thank You Dr. Mercola
God Bless Everyone & God Bless The United States of America.
Larry Nelson
42 S. Sherwood Dr.
Belton, Tx. 76513
cancercurehere@gmail.com
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