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In a healthy person, urine ranges in colour from almost clear to bright yellow because of a pigment known as urochrome.
But once the urochrome becomes concentrated, urine can go dark yellow or brownish, which suggests it's time for a drink.
"It's a marker of hydration [which can] be used as a marker of whether you're drinking enough fluid, particularly in summer," Foot says.
But urine inspection isn't always fail-proof, she says, because individual urine pH levels and genetic factors can influence whether or not certain substances discolour it.
posted June 25th, 2008 at 8:32pm in
Toddler
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- what does it mean if the urine is cloudy yellow? 6-25-2008 8:32pm
- no idea. but I do now that if urine is bright yellow, you're still hydrated. 6-25-2008 8:33pm
- I thought when it is almost clear, you've been drinking lots, no? 6-25-2008 8:36pm
- yes. but you can be drinking lots and still ahve bright yellow pee 6-25-2008 8:37pm
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