DRINKING YOUR OWN URINE as Medicine...........YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!
I wrote a blog post about exercising a few days ago. This is how I started the post........I think that exercising is really the best medicine in every situation! The beginning two words were .............I THINK. I wasn't preaching or ordering anyone to do anything. Someone wrote a comment telling me to stop telling him what to do and that he would do what was best for himself. If he doesn't like what I blog about, then he shouldn't be reading my blog. When I read that comment, I thought to myself........YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME!!!! To the best of my knowledge, everyone is supposed to exercise to stay healthy, especially if you have a movement disorder. My neurologist tells me that I should try to exercise at least 30 minutes a day!!
Thank you to everyone who reads my blog and shares information!!
Someone else commented on my blog about drinking urine as a medicine. He said he does it and he has felt so much better! Are you kidding me? I looked it up and this is what I found online!! I had never ever heard about this practice. Anyone else subscribe to this idea/plan or have tried it? I thought that urine was filled with bacteria! I don't think I could ever do it!!
Below is the comment from my blog!
( Little eye dropper filled with your own wee wee.... works so great.... there's a Facebook group called .....Liquid Gold through urine therapy we're Farmers and Ranchers use it on their horses and cows.... so I kept reading deeper and deeper into the group and lo and behold humans even do it.
It took me almost a year to take even one drop under my tongue.... most incredible medicine in the world and everybody thinks I'm crazy.......
now who's the crazy one..... most of us on the planet on the are living in the Dark Ages....?... taking pills from doctors it's really almost like witchcraft and what a joke most people believe in the lie by then the truth)
When I first heard of it it took me quite a while to wrap my head around something so stupid so credible so weird but now and the rest is history very incredible medicine to say the least
Thank you to everyone who reads my blog and shares information!!
Someone else commented on my blog about drinking urine as a medicine. He said he does it and he has felt so much better! Are you kidding me? I looked it up and this is what I found online!! I had never ever heard about this practice. Anyone else subscribe to this idea/plan or have tried it? I thought that urine was filled with bacteria! I don't think I could ever do it!!
Below is the comment from my blog!
( Little eye dropper filled with your own wee wee.... works so great.... there's a Facebook group called .....Liquid Gold through urine therapy we're Farmers and Ranchers use it on their horses and cows.... so I kept reading deeper and deeper into the group and lo and behold humans even do it.
It took me almost a year to take even one drop under my tongue.... most incredible medicine in the world and everybody thinks I'm crazy.......
now who's the crazy one..... most of us on the planet on the are living in the Dark Ages....?... taking pills from doctors it's really almost like witchcraft and what a joke most people believe in the lie by then the truth)
When I first heard of it it took me quite a while to wrap my head around something so stupid so credible so weird but now and the rest is history very incredible medicine to say the least
Olivia is thinking of moving out and moving in with a young couple who are married. She is almost 23, so that is fine with us! The couple are expecting a baby too! Of course, we all need to find our own paths in life, but as a parent you just hate to see your adult kid step into something that probably is not a good idea! Living together with friends can end a friendship unless you all subscribe to the same view of life. If you are a slob, you should live with messy people. If you pay your bills on time, you shouldn't live with people who live on the edge or have tons of debt! If you are a person who sleeps in, you shouldn't live with people who are early risers or noisy people or have a baby crying! But she can do whatever she thinks is best for her!!
What Are the Risks and Benefits of Drinking Urine? Taking a golden shower. Drinking from your own spigot. Sipping a warm cup of herbal pee. Whatever you want to call it, the practice of drinking urine goes back millennia. Known today as urine therapy, urophagia, or urotherapy, the medicinal use of urine is still practiced in some parts of the world.
What Are the Risks and Benefits of Drinking Urine? Taking a golden shower. Drinking from your own spigot. Sipping a warm cup of herbal pee. Whatever you want to call it, the practice of drinking urine goes back millennia. Known today as urine therapy, urophagia, or urotherapy, the medicinal use of urine is still practiced in some parts of the world.
Reports dating back to ancient Rome, Greece, and Egypt suggest that urine therapy has been used to treat everything from acne to cancer. There was a time when doctors tested for diabetes in urine by taste.
Today, proponents make similarly broad-based claims about urine’s curative powers. So, should you be mixing your morning pee into your morning smoothie? Probably not.
There’s no scientific evidence to support claims that drinking urine is beneficial. On the contrary, research suggests that drinking urine can introduce bacteria, toxins, and other harmful substances into your bloodstream. It can even place undue stress on your kidneys.
Read on to learn more about the potential effects of drinking urine.
Urine is composed of fluid and waste products that your body doesn’t need. Your kidneys work as filters, removing excess water and cellular byproducts from the bloodstream. This waste is sent down to the bladder as urine.
Water makes up 91 to 96 percent of your urine. The rest is made from salts, ammonia, and byproducts produced during normal body processes.
Your urinary tract extends from your kidneys to your urethra. You have two kidneys, one on each side of the body. The kidneys send urine down to the bladder through two muscular tubes called ureters. When your bladder is full, nerve endings send a signal to your brain that it’s time to find a bathroom.
When you empty your bladder, urine exits the body through a small tube called the urethra. The urethra is home to some types of bacteria. Normally, these bacteria don’t cause any problems, unless they grow out of control. Research on urine composition, however, shows that these bacteria can contaminate urine as it exits the body.
In 1945, John W. Armstrong, a British naturopath, published a popular book about the alleged curative power of drinking one’s own urine. The book, “The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy,” claims that urine can cure all major illnesses. He claimed that those near death needed to eat and drink nothing but their own urine for several weeks and have urine massaged into their skin daily.
Other claims about urine therapy are anecdotal or stem from ancient texts. Claims have been made that drinking urine may treat the following conditions:
- allergies
- acne
- cancer
- heart problems
- infections
- wounds
- stuffy nose
- rash and other skin ailments
- stings
In modern-day Nigeria, some traditional communities still use urine as a home remedy for children with seizures.
There’s no scientific evidence to support any of these claims.
In a word, no. The myth that urine is sterile is a pervasive and lasting one. Even some doctors don’t know that it’s just a myth. The myth about urine being sterile likely dates back to a study of urinary tract infections (UTIs) conducted back in the 1950s. During this study, samples of urine that showed no signs of UTI were labeled “negative.”
However, the absence of a UTI — which is caused by an overgrowth of bacteria — isn’t the same as the absence of bacteria. More recent studies have shown that urine does in fact contain bacteria that could be harmful if ingested or introduced into the bloodstream through a wound.
While drinking a little bit of your own urine probably won’t hurt you, it’s definitely not as safe as a glass of water.
Bacteria
Your body is home to many different colonies of healthy bacteria. Your urinary tract contains different types of bacteria. These are harmless unless they start growing out of control. When urine passes through the urinary tract, it becomes contaminated with bacteria. Drinking urine, whether your own or someone else’s, introduces bacteria into your system that can cause gastrointestinal problems or other infections.
Toxins
Urine contains waste products that have been filtered out of your bloodstream. Although they’re called toxins, these waste products aren’t exactly toxic. They are, however, highly concentrated. And your body is trying to get rid of these, because if they stay in the body, they do harm.
Drinking urine reintroduces concentrated waste products into your system. This forces the kidneys to filter them out again, causing unnecessary strain.
Medications
After prescription medications are metabolized, they’re excreted through your urine. Drinking your own urine could alter the dose of a medication you’re already taking. Drinking someone else’s urine could introduce a foreign medication into your bloodstream.
Drinking urine isn’t usually good for you. But what if you’re stranded on a desert island? Can drinking your own urine save you from dying of dehydration?
Although it makes for a dramatic movie scene, this is just a myth. Drinking urine when you’re dying of dehydration would be about the same as drinking seawater — only yuckier.
Urine contains concentrated salts and minerals. To process salt, your kidneys require a certain amount of water. To compensate for increased salt intake, you’d have to pee out more water than you take in from urine. This would actually accelerate the dehydration process.
The U.S. Army Field Manual also instructs soldiers not to drink their own urine in a survival situation.
Drinking your own urine isn’t advisable. It can introduce bacteria, toxins, and medications into your system. There’s no reason to think that drinking urine would benefit your health in any way.
There are much more effective routes for getting a high dose of vitamins and minerals. Pop a few gummy vitamins — you’ll probably prefer the taste!
Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, PhD,
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