Drinking your own urine for health benifits

kjl · 07-04-2013 5:00am #1

Ok so I just came accross this and think it's a little weird.

They say that drinking ones urine can help with illnesses and that humans should be drinking about 2 cups a day

The rationale behind urine therapy is quite simple and persuasive. Urine is believed to be a byproduct of blood filtration. It is NOT excess water that is released by the body. When blood filled with nutrients pass through the liver, the toxins are filtered out and are excreted as solid waste. The purified blood then travels to the kidney where excess nutrients are eliminated from the body. The medical name of urine is Plasma Ultrafiltrate. 95% of this liquid is water and the rest is a mixture of nutrients, urea, minerals, enzymes, antibodies and hormones.

http://health.amuchbetterway.com/urine-therapy-benefits-and-uses/

There is also a claim that the reason this is not more well know is because drug companies want don't want you to have access to a free source.

I think the idea of not drinking urine is so ingrained into out system from society that people would not be able to convert, even if it was found to have extreme health benefits.

Shield · 07-04-2013 5:03am

I'm sorry, but I just HAVE TO ask... why did you post this in the Consumer Electronics > Apple Devices forum? Perhaps your thread might be better off in Science > Biology?