What determines the yellowness of your pee?

Question

I'm not trying to be amusing or something, I want to know, is it salt of drinks you drank?sugar content? links to websites with info are appreciated too, I'll choose a best answer, dont worry

Answer 1

How well hydrated you are determines the "yellowness" or clarity of urine.

Answer 2

As others have said, the primary factor is hydration, although certain foods (like asparagus) can make it a darker yellow even if you're relatively well hydrated.

I used to run and coach cross country, and one of my coaches told me that's actually a really good way to tell if you're well enough hydrated for a race, if your pee is clear just before you run. In that case you just need to make sure that some of what you drink contains sugar and electrolytes (like juice or sports drinks) in addition to plain water, because drinking too much plain water before exercise can drop your blood sodium and potassium to dangerously low levels.

Answer 3

I think the amount of liquids you drink changes the color of your urine. I drink about 3 times the recommended amount of daily water each day so I pee clear most of the time.

When I was on the cross country team in high school I would pee really dark yellow. I think this was because all the exercise reduced the amount of water in my body, but increased toxins that needed to expelled through urination.

Answer 4

I think it is determined by the amount of water you drink. The more you drink.. the clearer it is. But if its too yellow it means lack of water. Now if your pee turns out orange you might have to go see the doctor..It might be an infection of some sort.

Answer 5

Vitamin B makes it bright yellow! But otherwise it is determined by the amount of water you drink, the more water the less yellow, the better, (unless of course you had vitamin B).

Answer 6

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.http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/may97/864507000.Me.r.html

Answer 7

by how much water you drink. you need to drink more water it dilutes the chemicals in your body and expells it through the bladder. so the more water you drink the more often you expell toxins, the clearer your pee. i'm a biology student so not sure of a web site but just look around i'm sure of this answer

Answer 8

Mostly, how much water you drink. The better hydrated you are, the more dilute your urine will be, and hence a paler yellow. And if you become borderline dehydrated, your urine will be so concentrated that it may appear green. When you become completely dehydrated, you will stop urinating entirely.

Answer 9

I think it's the concentration. When I drink lots of water, it's lighter. If I take B vitamins then it looks like a yellow hi-lighter.

Answer 10

One thing I know is that you are supposed to pee relatively clear urine. If it's not, you need to be drinking more plane water, to flush your system out.

Answer 11

Mostly how much water you drank since the last time you peed. It dilutes the color and makes it paler.