Look at it glow!

[andrewducker]

One of the side effects of the vitamin C I take is that for a few hours afterwards my urine glows flourescent yellow. It doesn't actually glow in the dark (but then again, I haven't tried peeing in the dark immediately afterwards) but it did give me one hell of a fright the first time it happened.

I keep hoping that someone else will be using a urinal next to me in the afternoon, because I want to see someone else jump 3 feet in the air when they notice...

Comments

[allorin.livejournal.com]

I'm not satisfied until I've drunk enough water to make it run clear on a daily basis....

[andrewducker]

To be honest, me either. Seeing as I go through one of those 2litre bottles a day (plus more at home) this doesn't seem to be a problem.

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

Ace! On the rather lovely topic of colourful urine.. When I was at high school one of my pals got meningitis. He was worryingly close to being dead thinking back. Anyway, the doctors thought he got it at the Mariner Centre in Grangemouth where we all were that weekend. So about 12 of us had to take these antibiotic pills which made your urine go BRIGHT orange - it was so cool!! I heard reports of people’s stools changing colour too but am still slightly sceptical <sorry.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

B vitamins do that too. So many people take vitamin supplements that I doubt anyone would be surprised by it :-)

[darkoshi]

i was surprised at how strongly yellow my urine was in germany. then i realized it was because of the toilet's design, since the urine wasn't diluted in a bunch of water as with other toilets.
i hadn't noticed that bit with the vitamin c, even though i take it sometimes. But i suppose i don't usually pay much attention... i suppose guys get a more visual view, with it streaming out in front of them, hmmm...

[aberbotimue.livejournal.com]

thanks for that... I may go swap my orange juice for some ribena just now...

[sneaks.livejournal.com]

hehe