How much water is nessesary to remove sodium

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    I think the chart is useful for an average person to have a daily mindfulness of hydration. It might signal "danger" more than necessary, but if your urine is dark it can't hurt to have another glass of water. Just don't panic based on it.

    As far as vitamins, I doubt the average person is taking enough vitamins for it to be a problem, and obviously if you are taking something that will change your urine color, a chart on the internet shouldn't override that.

    If you typically have urine in the darker colors on the chart, and feel like you have to drink way too much water to change it, it probably wouldn't hurt to get a check up and mention it to your doctor. That way you'll know if you are chronically dehydrated, have an undiagnosed condition, or if there is a perfectly normal explanation like supplements.

    FYI, standard amounts of certain B vitamins will change your urine color. Not long after just one dose of my B complex and my pee is # 4 on the chart.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    I think the chart is useful for an average person to have a daily mindfulness of hydration. It might signal "danger" more than necessary, but if your urine is dark it can't hurt to have another glass of water. Just don't panic based on it.

    As far as vitamins, I doubt the average person is taking enough vitamins for it to be a problem, and obviously if you are taking something that will change your urine color, a chart on the internet shouldn't override that.

    If you typically have urine in the darker colors on the chart, and feel like you have to drink way too much water to change it, it probably wouldn't hurt to get a check up and mention it to your doctor. That way you'll know if you are chronically dehydrated, have an undiagnosed condition, or if there is a perfectly normal explanation like supplements.

    FYI, standard amounts of certain B vitamins will change your urine color. Not long after just one dose of my B complex and my pee is # 4 on the chart.

    Yeah, me, too. But I feel like the B vitamin effect is more neon yellow, and mild dehydration (for me) a little more dark rather than day-glo, but I'd have no idea how to show that clearly on a chart. Experience and observation, though . . . .

    Agreed. It is very easy for me to see the difference between the two. It is also impossible for me to be running clear and a hour later be dehydrated during a normal sedentary work day in a climate controlled office.

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