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nobo:
re: pee/poop colors
if you drink alot of grape kool-aid or grape gatorade your dumps turn NEON GREEN. I had a scare senior year of college, but a little bit of internet research brought rest to all my fears. you have to drink a lot of the purple drink though, if you only do it half ass and drink a quart or so, you get a deep forest green instead of neon.
Also, if you eat too much borsch (polish beet soup) it turns your piss orange/red, and your dumps completely beet red. And energy drinks - neon yellow/greenish.
tania:
something i find really interesting about this, actually, that i've noticed in sharing stories about bowel movements is that absolutely no-one talks about it on account it's so gross and taboo, and as a result when you get to sharing stories you start noticing that some people have some seriously bizarre pooping habits, or your habits are seriously bizarre compared to everyone else's, and you'd never know cos there's no way to compare pooping on account no one ever talks about it.
a friend of mine used to poop five times a day and thought that was pretty standard until we got to talking about poop and she decided she maybe needed to cut down on the fiber a bit. another girl i met only pooped once a week and thought everyone did. talk to your friends about your poop! it's fascinating!
jhocking:
The main thing that mystifies me along those lines is that I use way more toilet paper than other people when wiping. I honestly have no idea how people can get away with wiping so little, but apparently I'm the unusual one.
tragic_pizza:
My only scary poopin' story is the time after I ate some red velvet cake and thought I was bleeding.
Also, Joe, I'm with you. I use a hell of a lot of paper.
Darkbluerabbit:
I support unisex bathrooms. I have to wonder, does anyone know if there are any laws regarding what bathroom a person must use, or it is just a well-followed guideline? I tried googling but didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find this. Apparently, some people consider gendered bathrooms a womens' safety issue, which is something I never considered.
--- Quote from: Telea-Rose on 07 Dec 2008, 16:02 ---I'm always entertained when I drink a energy drink and it turns my piss a special color. It also makes you go, dear god thats gotta be bad for you!
--- End quote ---
It's the high doses of vitamin B12 that change the color of your pee. B vitamins can supposedly give you an energy boost, so most energy drinks have a bunch of them. They also turn your pee a neon yellow. This can also happen if you take vitamin supplements, particularly ones designed for vegetarians, because B12 is found mainly in animal products. Despite the weird color, it's not bad for you because you can't take an overdose of B12. The high doses of caffeine, on the other hand, are probably not super healthy.
Fun fact: Some people take B12 to try to fool drug tests. If you drink enough water to dilute the presence of drugs in your pee, it's also clear, which might make your sample suspect, but B12 can restore some color. Smart testers know the difference between B12 yellow and normal pee yellow, though.
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