Could drinking one's own urine result in positive consequences for one's health?   I've heard the hormones in the urine are extremely beneficial to one's health if reabsorbed by the body.
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There is anecdotal evidence that there is some benefit, but until there is a large-scale study in a reputable journal that confirms it, I would stay away.\n\nAs for the dangers, there is no bacteria in urine unless you have a urinary tract infection.  The kidneys and lymph system make darn sure of that.  The rest of urine is really made up of water, nitrogen-containing compounds resulting mostly from protein metabolism, and various electrolytes such as sodium, chlorine, and potassium.
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It will make you pee dirty for the next 28 days. If you drink enough water to pee clean, your urine will be clear and it will not be accepted in most cases.
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That sounds incredibly ropy, the water will combine with other contents of your stocmach. the second that occurs, one thing the water isn't, is pure!!\n\nIt is true that drinking *any* reasonably clean water to great excess can cause problems because you start removing salts from your body when you urinate.\n\nLosing electrolyte due to drinking gallons of water in a short space of time (can easily be fatal) is totally different than blaming it on the water being "too pure".\n\nI think I would counter your lab workers comments by asking them how many seconds they feel it takes the water to reach your stomach. Then after they ave said "ooh, about 1 perhaps", then ask them if the water would still be pure - swimming around with dil Hcl and the remains of the mornings breakfast.\n\nThen remind them of the ultra-pure water leaching out the "nutrients".\n\nNutrients?   And where would these leached nutrients "go" ?  Would they be filtered out by the kidneys (retained) ?\n\nLOL I am going to have to stop now or I could write for ages on this and I really need to do a little more work!
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could be.  Do find out you need to treat it like a science experiment.  Drink it and then see how you feel.  Don't drink it for a few days and then drink it again.  If you feel that way then I'd so don't drink it!
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No infact just the opposite... drinking a lot of water will flush out the toxic waste from the body making it healthy and fit...Drinking water also makes you lose appetite thus controlling your intake of food. you that's one natural way of reamining slim and healthy..
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Our bodies are made up of 90%+ of water.  It absolutely needs water to survive.  There have also been studies that not drinking adequate water enhances many aging issues of the body, backaches, loss of eye site, memory issues, and skin density.  Also many organs need appropriate levels of water to function, kidneys, liver, muscles, brain, heart, etc.  Drinking is a must for the individuals survival!  Many dont drink near enough what they should.\n\nHowever, excess drinking of water is almost always eliminated immediatly via the kidneys and urination is more frequent.  I am not sure that drinking that much is necessary and I would concider it wasteful.   However, but there might be other issues that need to be looked at.  It could be that there is an obssesive/compussive issue at play.  If this is true there may well be other behaviors that will become noticable especially if you live with your boyfriend.  Another issue is drugs,  it is believed that exessive drinking will flush the body of signs of the drugs.  This is not always true as many drugs are fat soluable and drinking water will not necessarily flush the body of signs of drug use.  Marijauana is a prime example of this.  \n\nAs far as health issues for excessive drinking might be kidney troubles after years of this?  Hormonal and electrolyte imbalances might occure if this is done on long term.  Diet will help the electrolyte issues, but long term drinking like this could have some hormonal problems.  Who knows what long term effects could be beyond this, I dont think that it has been studied too much on the long term effects.  \n\nIf he has only been doing it a short time I doubt that there will be any health issues, but again I would concider the mental health issues and possibly drug addiction issues( that I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph), as more serious concerns for this matter.  Again these are only guesses and not to be taken as official diagnosis.\n\nAdded:  Diabetes may be a possible answer but that is a lot of water even for someone with Diabetes.
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How would someone even know if they have excessive salt in their pee? It's not like doctors routinely check for this or people self-check the way they check for sugar in their blood or urine.\n\nI have this awful mental image of how someone might know but you now have me curious.I ingest more than the normal salt levels and have been checked but my kidneys are working fine. The doctor would have told me if I was peeing salt. \n\nSo, what was the question?
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Yes, water is very good for your health..It gives you healthy skin, hair, and all around healthy body...\n\nYou should drink 8 glasses of water a day..So if you are drinking 5 bottles of 9 oz. water..you will be okay..\n\nAnd like the person above said..there is such a thing as drinking too much water, but you would have to drink way more than five bottles of it to get water intoxication..Unless you have some other illnesses such as liver disease, but I'm guessing you don't cause then you would know when you should resrict water...\n\nBut the answer to YOUR question is YES that is healthy for you\n\nHope that helps..
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yes, it works very well because your body replenishes itself.
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Yes, you will be temporarily heavier by drinking lots of water.  You'll end up sweating and peeing it out, though, so you won't gain weight in the long term.  Drinking too much anything is dangerous and can have devastating consequences, so I don't suggest trying to put on the pounds by doing a lot of anything.  Some athletes have died from drinking too much water and thereby diluting their blood.
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Have you been taking multivitamins? I've noticed that if you take certain vitamins, it affects the brightness of the urine. But its just a theory. Usually the more water you drink the clearer the urine you pass is.
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I've researched urine therapy a couple of times over the past couple of years or so for articles I've written and I've never run across any credible reports of urine curing anything except a social taboo.  ;-)\n\nIt is, however, potentially dangerous and even the main pro-urine group warns against side effects like infection.
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Almost true, first off all it will hidrate you (and your skin). It will help your body get rid of impurities in your blood, kidneys, and skin. It will help your body balance salts and minerals. And help you digest your food.\n\nAll known forms of life depend on water. (Note however that some bacteria and plant seeds can enter a cryptobiotic state for an indefinite period when dehydrated, and "come back to life" when returned to a wet environment). Water is a vital part of many metabolic processes within the body, and significant quantities of water are used during the digestion of food.\n\nAbout 72% of the fat free mass of the human body is made of water. To function properly the body requires between one and seven litres of water per day to avoid dehydration, the precise amount depending on the level of activity, temperature, humidity, and other factors. However, most of this is ingested through other foods or beverages (hot tea being often used in deserts to avoid dehydration, etc.) It is not clear how much water intake is needed by healthy people. However, for those who do not have kidney problems, it is rather difficult to drink too much water, but (especially in warm humid weather and while exercising) dangerous to drink too little. People can drink far more water than necessary while exercising, however, putting them at risk of water intoxication, which can be fatal. The "fact" that a person should consume eight glasses of water per day cannot be traced back to a scientific source. The latest dietary reference intake report by the US National Research Council recommended 2.7 liters of water total (including food sources) for women and 3.7 liters for men.
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Yes this is totally normal.  Now that you have stopped putting an un-natural substance into your body, your body now has the ability to detoxify itself and to ride yourself of these toxins.  \n\nThese toxins do get released by your cells into your blood and your bodies natural immune response it attempting to rid your body of these toxins through the lung, skin, kidneys and bowel.\n\n Sometimes these systems, if not performing at 100% can be taxed or overloaded and not remove the toxins as quickly as they are being released.  This is what causes the ill effects.\n\nThere are many detoxification products and herbs out there that can assist in the elimination of these toxin in your body more efficiently.  Also be sure to be drinking at least 8 glasses of water each day which will definitely help the purging of these toxin more rapidly.\n\nYou are doing the right things your body is just doing it's best to get itself to be healthier state.  Good Job!
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Your body will only absorb the amount it needs, anything extra\nwill be flushed out of your body, so you would be just waisting\nmoney taking 2. Why over due it?
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Well, on a space ship the water in urine actually is recycled, but the waste products are removed first.  No one wants to drink urea (the yellow part), but the water's just water.  It might seem weird to think about, but the water portion of urine is recycled on a global scale too.  When you flush the toilet, it goes to a sewage treatment plant, and then the treated sewage is dumped some where.  Eventually, the water evaporates, and then comes back in the form of rain.  Chances are that every molecule of the water you drink has been through the body of some person or animal somewhere at least once.\n\nAs for recycling feces, it's not practical.  The waste that's excreted is excreted for a reason.  There's little or no valuable nutrients left, and it's teaming with harmful bacteria.  However, like water, the atoms in feces are recycled.  Wherever it ends up, bacteria and fungi will decompose the compounds in feces, and they will end up in the soil.  Some of these atoms in the soil are then absorbed by plants.  So there are probably former feces atoms in the cocoa beans that were used to make your brownies.  Not quite as direct as you were imagining, but on some level it does happen.
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Urine doesn't stay fresh.  As soon as it leaves the body, the bacteria in it begin to get to work so decay starts.