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This Is What Your Urine Says About You

Your urine should have a standard colour which doctors refer to as “urochrome.” Naturally, urine carries a yellow pigment.

When you’re staying hydrated, your urine will be a light yellow, close-to-clear color.

But if you are getting dehydrated, you’ll notice that your urine is becoming a deep amber or even light brown.

Different pigments in food you eat or medication that you take can be carried through your digestive tract and change the colour of your urine.

Sometimes your urine color can be a that you need to address a health condition or a reflection of what you eat and drink.

1. Clear urine

Being hydrated is a good thing, but drinking too much water can rob your body of electrolytes. Urine that occasionally looks clear is no reason to panic, but urine that’s always clear could indicate that you need to be cautious with your water intake.

2. Yellowish or amber

The colour of “typical” urine falls on the spectrum of light yellow to a deeper amber color. The urochrome pigment that’s naturally in your urine becomes more diluted as you drink water.

Urochrome is produced by your body breaking down hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in your red blood cells.

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