Relicanth7 wrote:
ImTheGuyThatDidThat wrote:
I`d just like to point out that pee is not
poisonous or dangerous in any way.
It is close to sterile but high in salt
content. This might change if theres
kidney failure/decease in the pic,
but for a healthy human pee is "safe"
and odorless. Theres alot of people
that thinks it is filthy and very dangerous,
that is not the case. Not many other things
comming out of your body that is almost
sterile

- theres alot worse things then pee
Actuly thats very true... Very disgusting But true.
Pee has been used as a dare I say this but a drink in survival situations...
Actually, pee is supposed to be good for you. Here's an article:
Science: A glass of urine a day keeps the stress away
From New Scientist, 29 February 1992
Drinking your own urine first thing every morning may 'promote tranquility during meditation', according to two Australian researchers. Urine is rich in melatonin, a hormone which can make people feel slightly sedated. This could explain why traditional yogis of the Indian subcontinent recommend the practice, known as amaroli (Medical Hypotheses, vol 36, p 195).
Melatonin is released by the brain's pineal gland during the night; its production is shut off by light shining into a person's eyes. No one is quite sure what melatonin does, but it plays some role in setting our various daily (circadian) rhythms and may even be part of the body's 'master clock'. A dose of melatonin can act as a modest pain killer and can make people feel sleepy. It seems to lessen the trauma of jetlag if taken at bedtime after a flight.
M. Mills and T. Faunce of the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, speculate on why yogis drink urine. They say that taking melatonin, in urine or otherwise, just as you wake up, may 'convince the body that it has had more sleep'. This is handy if your daily regime includes meditation at 4 am. It might also reduce the pain of sitting absolutely still for two hours, say the scientists.
Melatonin must be taken regularly for several weeks to reset sleep cycles, and similarly the traditional yogic texts urge that 'auto-urine' be taken daily over a month. Melatonin might also slow brain-wave activity, so enhancing meditative practices, say the researchers.
It might even be true, as the yogis maintain, that quaffing the urine of prepubescent children is even more effective than drinking your own. Mills and Faunce say that the night-time production of melatonin falls at puberty as sleep quality declines.
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