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Dear Yum Yucky: Is It Safe to Drink My Own Pee?
September 4th, 2010 • 29 Comments | Leave a Comment »
I dunno why we’re having this conversation. I don’t want to drink my pee, but the little voice that lives inside my brain asked me about it. So here I am. Answering myself.
When people thirst after their own pee-pee, is it really safe to drink?
I’ve heard stories of mountain climbers, stuck-in-the ocean adventurers and Sahara Desert-types drinking their own pee when lost and craving rescue. But I recently found out this ancient yellow juice is not just for emergencies.
UFC cage fighter Lyoto Machida professed his love for urine in a 2009 Yahoo! Sports article, calling it a natural medicine. Pee is claimed to be an anti-cancer agent, acne medicine, an athlete’s foot cure, and a callus remedy, among boasting other special powers. Machida’s Mixed Martial Arts peer, Luke Cummo, reluctantly gave up his secret practice of urine therapy because he claims pee drinking gives him an advantage over his competitors. Cummo says pee “contains minerals, hormones and elements that bind moisture to protein.”
The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy points out that the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus contains his/her own urine, which it constantly breathes in AND swallows inside its momma. The Guide has a lot of other interesting stuff to say. Go check it out. Or not. (if you have trouble opening links, right click to open or drag into a new window)
REACTIONS FROM THE TASTE TEST CREW
Health-hater Husband: I’m not drinking my pee. I’d eat wolf breath first.
Greedy Kid #1: If it cured cancer, I would drink it. But none of this makes sense.
Greedy Kid #2: I’d rather drink bad milk, but I won’t test that either.
Greedy Kid #3: How can you eat wolf breath?
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RogLaw September 4th, 2010 at 22:10
So those kids selling “lemonade” were on to something after all…
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Debra September 4th, 2010 at 22:12
Ewwww!
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RogLaw Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
@Debra,
Heh. The opposite of that is Weeeee, which is exactly what these folks are makin!
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JC Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
@RogLaw, lol at mah boi! they be makin’ some weeeeee!
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Emergefit September 4th, 2010 at 22:57
WTF…..? Hey, I immediately harken back to tales of the late bodybuilder Mike Mentzer who was reputed as drinking his urine during the final days of his life. Of course, he was crazy, not looking for health benefits. This is intriguing, but I would have to say there are a few other people I would rather have drink my urine before I do. Hint: They are not my friends
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Josie Reply:
September 5th, 2010 at 7:29 am
So I’m wondering, are we supposed to drink the piss warm, or chill it first? I need a piss-drinking instructions.
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Cute Little Bear September 5th, 2010 at 0:01
Dear Yum Yucky,
Please don’t drink your pee. Have a nice glass of water instead.
Love,
Cute Little Bear
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Marisa September 5th, 2010 at 2:34
Hahahah, like your special affiliate offer! I’m going to be monitoring my friends and family’s bathroom breaks like a hawk. Hehe.
But seriously – drinking your own pee-pee? No thanks.
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Josie Reply:
September 5th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Go on and thank me right now. You’re gonna make affiliate millions…
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Lance September 5th, 2010 at 6:40
This definitely falls on the side of yucky (…not that I have any personal experience in this *ahem* practice…)
I’m with Greedy Kid #2 – sign me up for the bad milk…
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Eunice September 5th, 2010 at 9:06
Haha I was wondering the same thing as Greedy Kid #3.
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lisa September 5th, 2010 at 12:32
yuck. this turns my stomach more than the concept of fried beer. blech.
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Jody - Fit at 52 September 5th, 2010 at 13:05
Holy crap! I don’t think I can bring myself to read that link!!!! UGH!
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karen@strictlysimplstyle September 5th, 2010 at 15:18
I like your thinking. When I’m in a bad mood (translation: angry) I tend to clean my house or punch the sand bag in my basement. Either way, I do something productive with those feelings.
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South Beach Steve September 5th, 2010 at 16:55
I have heard of people doing this before. Sorry, not going to do this unless I am going to die otherwise.
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Sparkina September 5th, 2010 at 17:43
Remember the scene with the beer bottles and the State Trooper in the movie Dumb and Dumber, where the trooper unknowingly sips Jim Carre’s character’s whiz? How disgusting is that? Okay, now my face is green. Faces are NOT supposed to be green. I want my complexion to have a glow, but for crying in Manhattan, not a GREEN glow.
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GiGi September 5th, 2010 at 21:58
Aw, GROSS!! But I agree with Greedy Kid # 1… if it did cure cancer, I would drink a gallon… otherwise, this doesn’t make sense! ha ha!
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Nicci@NiftyEats September 6th, 2010 at 0:39
Haha, I don’t think I could ever drink my pee or anyone else. lmao
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Karen September 6th, 2010 at 11:25
I’ve heard only the first pee of the morning is filled with the good stuff. But I haven’t tested that theory out. Urine is waste – why drink it? Did these people also test the OTHER waste their body produces? (gag, I think I just went too far!)
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VetTech September 6th, 2010 at 14:01
Ew. Gross. Unless I am stranded on a deserted island, then know way. Blech.
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Lisa September 6th, 2010 at 14:48
What was that show? Bear Grill, or someone, starred in? How to survive anywhere, or something? Whatever it was, he drank his own pee to survive dehydration…remembering that still makes me prefer dehydration and dying over drinking piss!
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Miz September 7th, 2010 at 5:52
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seriously.
methinks Id dehydrate first.
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erinsgobragh September 7th, 2010 at 8:54
Ok this post threw me off guard! I wasn’t expecting you to do a pee post lol. No unless my Hubby’s or Sam’s life depended on me to drink my own pee for energy to save them, I would never ever in my leaf life low drink my own pee.
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Joslyn @ missfitbliss September 7th, 2010 at 11:51
1 word: McNasty.
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merri September 8th, 2010 at 19:46
Ive seen people drinking pee before…most recently at the dore alley festival a couple months ago. I know some people find it very sexy. I don’t. The ONLY way I would drink pee is if it were going to cure me from dying from something as your kid says. I suppose it’s easier than finding a portapotty at an outside event, just find someone who will drink it for you.
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FatFighterTV September 8th, 2010 at 23:50
Dude, fer real – did you just ask and answer your own question? And was it rally about drinking pee?
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Josie Reply:
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Well of course. I found that I was my own best source to give me the 4-1-1 on pee drankin’
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Pocket September 11th, 2010 at 10:40
I’m with Greedy Kid #2 I rather drink bad milk. On the other hand I’ve heard that the Native Indians use to drink pee as a remedy for certain illnesses. I think I rather die than do that.
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Cyn @ Urine Therapy October 15th, 2010 at 19:37
You would be surprised as to how many uses there are for Urea, urea is the active ingredient in urine, that makes urine sterile for when you are in survival situations and you need to sterilize a wound for example.
Cold season coming and you want to build up your immune system naturally have a small amount and it creates a flu like symptoms.
You have calluses on your fingers, or athletes foot, even as a acne remedy. Also a psoriasis treatment.
If you were in dire need of water stranded some where you could strain it and ingest it, it would save you in a case like that.
And for the grossness of it all, think about how all your food is grown. You know there are more than just farm workers out in the fields (coyotes, wild dogs, ducks).. And something more to think about… Not all farms supply port-o-potties…
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