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Article #1454Re: blue urine from food
From: Mark Hassman
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1990 16:20
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1990 16:20
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In article <2070@calmasd.Prime.COM> msgctr@calmasd.Prime.COM (Message Center) writes: > >So bright, it looks like the soda Mountain Dew... > >Of course, it only looks like that after I've taken my vitamin >packet... Quick too, take vitamins at 8:00 by 9:30 urine is >already in the running for most flourescent... >Is it possible, if I was totally emaciated, starved and sick, >that the urine wouldn't get so yellow? I believe the cause of this wonderfully bright yellow color is due to the artificial colors found in your vitamin packet. Especially the vitamin C tablet. The ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) cannot be stored in excess within the body so it is rapidly eliminated in the urine. Most Vitamin C tablets are colored with a strong artificial yellow color which is carried along during the elimination process. Mark mhassman@zephyr rhassman@zephyr REG14@medusa.cair.du.edu University of Denver Biology Student Office of the Registrar
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!mercury.cair.du.edu!news From: mhassman@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Mark Hassman) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: blue urine from food Summary: cause = ascorbic acid Keywords: YELLOW, Very Very yellow Message-ID: <1990Nov28.162023.2198@mercury.cair.du.edu> Date: 28 Nov 90 16:20:23 GMT References: <999@ai.cs.utexas.edu> <4187@kitty.UUCP> <2070@calmasd.Prime.COM> Sender: mhassman@zephyr Followup-To: msgctr@calmasd.Prime.COM Distribution: sci.bio Organization: University of Denver Lines: 23