What does the color of your urine say about your health?

What does the color of your urine say about your health?

with your prescriber rather than discontinuing the medication on your own.
8. Foods affecting urine color
Diet can influence urine color temporarily. Pigments from certain foods pass through the kidneys and color the urine without indicating disease.
Beets: Can cause red or pink urine, a harmless condition called beeturia.
Blackberries, rhubarb, and fava beans: May also cause reddish or brownish urine color.
Carrots and foods high in carotene: Can cause orange urine.
Asparagus: Sometimes causes a distinctive color but can also cause a greenish tint.
These changes typically resolve within

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