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My sister works in urology. Her suggestion: drink as often as you need to achieve near clear urine. For me, that is a bit under a gallon a day.
by sethammons 10y ago
My sister works in urology. Her suggestion: drink as often as you need to achieve near clear urine. For me, that is a bit under a gallon a day.
- photoJ 10y agoA natural feedback mechanism!!! Still think the script is nifty tho.
- throwaway_374 10y agoClearly we need to close the loop with an IoT wifi linked colour sensor.
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- riprowan 10y agoLet's assume that's the consumption needed to optimize the functioning of the renal system. But is that necessarily optimal consumption for the whole body? With no offense to your sister - who I'm sure is correct - hypothetically, maybe this could result in some other condition that a urologist might know nothing about.
- gamache 10y agoSame as Burning Man's longstanding advice on how to avoid dehydration in the desert: "Piss clear."
- mikestew 10y agoNo offense to your sister, but I've heard a lot of crap prefaced with "$PERSON works in $FIELD, and they said...". Her suggestion is demonstrably one of those things, as other data [and, no, I'm not finding a goddamn citation] imply that there's little basis for her suggestion.
- lisivka 10y agoDo you need a scientist to flush toilet? Basically, it's same, but for your body.
- mikestew 10y agoBasically, it's same Your urinary tract is made of porcelain? "It's basically the same..." is the preface to a lot of urban myths about health.
- lisivka 10y agoI found medical recommendations. Meat and dehydration can lead to development of urine crystals. Recommendation is to drink at least 1,5L of water in cold climate and at least 2L of water in hot climate. The easiest way to control that is by watching color of urine: normal urine is light colored. Also, meat is recommended to eat with veggies, because of opposite effect on urine acidity. Good to know.
- Kluny 10y agoYeah man, my boss is a programmer and doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't use global variables any time he feels like it. That doesn't mean he's right!
- gohnjanotis 10y agoHa I actually made an iOS & watchOS app based on that side of the equation after thinking "what's the minimum input I can provide for good hydration reminders?" It gives a reminder to drink water any time it's been three hours since you've peed... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pee-see-drink-more-water/id1090749982?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pee-see-drink-more-water/id1... Not super scientific, but less of a hassle than tracking water input and it tends to adapt well to factor in things like exercise where more water is needed. It also tends to even out over time when drinking alcohol or coffee. Urine color can also vary depending on foods, like how B12 makes it fluorescent yellow, so the time factor can be another useful indicator.
- beweinreich 10y agoSuch a clever idea.
- oregondan 10y agoWoah, you also made Photo Find? Hell yeah
- gohnjanotis 10y agoYep :-D thanks! Makes me really happy that you know about Photo Find!
- nom 10y agoIt works most of the time, but it doesn't work if you are drinking alcohol... your body has to 'waste' water to flush it out of your system. There are probably other drugs and medications that have the same effect (and no, caffein is not one of them, at least to my knowledge).
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoI drink too much coffee to ever have clear pee.