Hi Lady's well straight too the point. My mother has confessed she drinks her own pee. I can't help but be really disturbed by this and totally grossed out and really upset. She is an extremely healthy women and I don't believe she needs too go to this extreme to be even healthier. She says drinking your own pee has amazing health benefits because if you take vitimins it's like an extra dose that has already been broken down so it's more absorbable in per form. I understand her point. But I still can't help but be disturbed..PS my mother has mental issues and this extra thing bothers me.
Anybody with any input or information on this would be helpful .
Drinking your own pee
Drinking your own pee
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yeah there is no reason to drink your own pee.
At the end of the day you won’t be able to stop her drinking it. If you ever get to see her doctor with her it would be a great idea to bring it up.
This could be related to her mental health depending on what her issues are.
Rigggght. So drinking a fluid that your body uses as a primary means of removing toxins from the body is healthy? Also, any vitamin supplements excreted will not be methylated because it is the amount that her body couldn't process. Thus, the residual vitamins in her urine will not be more easily absorbed or utilised. Your mum should do some research in reliable and valid studies. No actual benefits have been found unless in a survival situation with no clean water
Is this a legit post?
Drinking urine is totally a thing (I don't do it, nor do I condone it, it's disgusting and has NO evidence to support it as having benefits - unless you're doing it to survive in the wilderness or something, but even then... 😬😬) there are a terrifying number of people who do it, even injecting it 🤢🤮
Her theory is incorrect- the vitamins excreted in her urine have not necessarily been broken down and even if they have been it wont necessarily make them more easily absorbed. She is drinking her body's waste I liken it to eating garbage- but as a previous poster said it is unlikely she will stop as she has been brainwashed by someone or by something she has read on the internet.
Take her to a doctor 🤷♀️🤢
Our old neighbours used to drink their grandsons pee. Yes. You read that correct 🤢🤮🤢🤮. May be it’s more acceptable in some cultures?
I’d be taking her back to see her psychiatrist.
When I was 5 my cousin, same age, gave me a cup of Apple juice. I later found out it was my other little cousins wee, who happened to be going through a phase of peeing in cups and the other cousin thought it would be funny to give it to me to drink. I'm still traumatised to this day over that 😂. Grossest thing that has ever happened to me. Your Mum needs a chat with a professional, maybe not because she's crazy but she simply needs to be told this has no health benefits whatsoever.
Vomit.
I didn't read the whole thing. But this isnt a survival "urgently need fluids" thing.
No, urine is a waste product. There's a reason our bodies get rid of it!
Her "point" is about as valid as saying eating number 2s makes your food easier to digest the second time around - absolute nonsense!
I think this is really indicative of where her mental health is at. I'm going to hazard a guess that these type of whacky 'health' things are a bit of an obsession aren't they?
I would be quite concerned to be honest.
Thanks lady's for your input . It's has been really helpful. It will just end in big fights if I tell her it's not a good idea..so I'm kinda stuck.