Why is our pee yellow?

Answer 1

The kidneys serve two major functions: they keep the salt content of the blood constant, and they filter waste out of the bloodstream. So, the main components of urine are (salt) water and waste products. The major waste product from cells in the body is ammonia, and the major waste product from blood is a broken form of heme called bilirubin. In the liver, each of these is converted into a less hazardous form: ammonia is converted to urea, and bilirubin is degraded to urobilins. Salt, water, and urea are all colorless, but urobilins (which come from degraded pigments) are yellow. So, if you drink a lot, your urine will be more dilute and clearer, and if you get dehydrated, your urine will contain less water and be darker yellow.
And now you Know. It's good to be informed. And always good to ask and learn. And that is why pee is yellow.... =)

Answer 2

Spend a day eating lots of beats. The next day you'll think you've got internal hemorrhaging. You may never want to go back to yellow pee again. I tried the same thing with blue cheese, but no...it didn't come out blue. Maybe I didn't eat enough of it.

Answer 3

The yellow color in urine is due to chemicals called urobilins. These are the breakdown products of the bile pigment bilirubin. Bilirubin is itself a breakdown product of the heme part of hemoglobin from worn-out red blood cells. Most bilirubin is partly broken down in the liver, stored in the gall bladder, broken down some more in the intestines, and excreted in the feces (its metabolites are what make feces brown), but some remains in the bloodstream to be extracted by the kidneys where, converted to urobilins, it gives urine that familiar yellow tint.

Answer 4

The yellow color in urine is due to chemicals called urobilins. These are the breakdown products of the bile pigment bilirubin. Bilirubin is itself a breakdown product of the heme part of hemoglobin from worn-out red blood cells. Most bilirubin is partly broken down in the liver, stored in the gall bladder, broken down some more in the intestines, and excreted in the feces (its metabolites are what make feces brown), but some remains in the bloodstream to be extracted by the kidneys where, converted to urobilins, it gives urine that familiar yellow tint.

Answer 5

and the more water you drink the more the minerals and proteins are broken down which in turn makes you yellow pee more clean and sometimes just looks like water.

Answer 6

Firstly, in humans and higher primates, uric acid is the final oxidation product of purine metabolism. In most other mammals, the enzyme uricase further oxidizes uric acid to allantoin. Humans produce only small quantities of uric acid with excess accumulation leading to a type of arthritis known as gout.

The main constituent of urine besides water is urea; urochrome is the pigment that gives urine its color. Urea is one of the three nitrogenous waste products. The other two are creatinine and uric acid. Urine also contains various inorganic ions, including sodium and chloride. Lighter urine indicates higher water consumption.

Answer 7

Because of the uric acid in it. Actually, if you drink enough water your pee will be nearly clear. The closer to clear your pee is, the better.

Answer 8

it comes from the nitrogen in our urine. But of course if your pee is yellow, your not hydrating yourself enough. Your pee should actually be almost clear.

Answer 9

The tint of yellow is due to poisons and toxins in our bodies. Good stuff stays in, bad goes out.

Answer 10

It is concentrated and you need to drink more water which will turn your pee clear as well b/c it cleans your kidneys.