Urophagia is the consumption of urine. Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the Kidneys by a process of filtration from Blood and Excreted through the Urethra.

Contents 1 Health issues 2 Survival 3 Alternative medicine/Practices 3.1 Teeth whitening 4 Ceremonial 5 References 6 See also

Health issues

Urophagia is generally considered harmless, since the urine of healthy individuals is sterile. Sterilization (or sterilisation, see spelling differences) refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents (such as Fungi However, a small risk exists if there is a disease present, or bacterial infection of the urethra. An infection is the detrimental Colonization of a host Organism by a foreign Species. In Anatomy, the urethra (from Greek ουρήθρα - ourethra) is a tube which connects the Urinary bladder to the outside of There may also be secondary effects, such as skin rashes in individuals sensitive to urine. A rash is a change of the Skin which affects its color appearance or Texture. ^[1]

The main dangers are the high salt and mineral content. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific The high salt content usually does not pose a problem if the urine is sufficiently diluted and not consumed in mass quantities. The effect of the high salt may be mitigated by drinking some water after consuming urine. The urine may be diluted if the person whose urine will be consumed drinks some water (or diet soda, see below) an hour or so before the act. Many people into BDSM drink beer before the act because it dilutes any unpleasant chemicals in the urine, and alcohol acts as a diuretic, stimulating the body to excrete more urine than it normally would. A diuretic is any Drug that elevates the rate of urination ( Diuresis) ^[2]

Since artificial sweeteners are excreted in urine, consuming artificial sweetener before urine play can lend a sweet taste to the urine. Drinking diet soda, or other beverages containing artificial sweetener, before urine play will have the dual effect of diluting the urine and sweetening it. However, if the taste of sugar is detected in an individual's urine, and it is known that artificial sweetener has not been consumed, this may be a sign of diabetes and a doctor should be consulted. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc Asparagus, on the other hand, gives urine an unpleasant smell with about 40–79% of people. Asparagus officinalis is a flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus from which the Vegetable known as asparagus is obtained ^[3]

The participants should use caution or avoid drinking urine if one or both of them are taking vitamin or mineral supplements or medication, since elements of these can be excreted in urine. A vitamin is an Organic compound required as a Nutrient in tiny amounts by an Organism. ^[4]

Urine of persons who are ill, or regularly take medication, should generally not be consumed. In special cases (e. g. chronic illness of the partner), a medical doctor should be consulted to clarify whether the urine of the chronically ill or medicated person may be consumed without endangering one's health, or not.

If put through a house hold water filter, the urine will become odorless and taste much like water.

Survival

It has been suggested that when a person is in desert survival or surrounded by salt water and devoid of drinking water that the person must resort to drinking his/her own urine if it is the only liquid available. ^[5] As it tends to cause further dehydration due to the salts in it, drinking urine for survival is advised against by the US Army Field Manual^[6], the head of the Texas Urological Society^[7], and numerous survival instructors and guides^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}, while the Discovery Channel advises it. ^[14]

Aron Ralston claims to have used the technique when trapped for several days with his arm under a boulder. Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountain climber who became famous in May 2003 when he was forced to Amputate ^[15]

Bear Grylls of the Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild drank his own urine while he was in the Outback of Australia. Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British Adventurer and writer currently best known for his popular television series Born Survivor Bear Grylls, also called Man vs Wild or Ultimate Survival, is a survival television series hosted by ^[16]

Alternatively Les Stroud on Survivorman drank water evaporated from urine that he produced using a solar still but advised against drinking pure urine. Les Stroud (Born October 20, 1961 in Mimico, Ontario Biography After graduating from Mimico High School in 1980 Stroud Survivorman is a Canadian-produced television program broadcast in Canada on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN and in the United States and internationally A solar still is a very simple way for distilling water powered by the heat of the Sun, especially when distillation equipment is unavailable

As a human being can only survive without water for about three days, drinking urine probably would extend life for only one to two extra days. However, these two extra days might mean death or life under extreme conditions. Several people saved themselves by drinking their own urine during Sichuan Earthquake in China (2008).

Alternative medicine/Practices

Main article: Urine therapy

In countries such as India and China, it is considered normal by some groups to drink your own urine for health and cosmetic purposes. In Alternative medicine, the term urine therapy (also urotherapy, urinotherapy or uropathy) refers to various applications of human Urine India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National This health branch of drinking urine is considered to be labeled as Urine therapy. In Alternative medicine, the term urine therapy (also urotherapy, urinotherapy or uropathy) refers to various applications of human Urine Also, an old method of teeth-whitening during the Renaissance involved the consumption of urine, though it needn't be, and wasn't always necessarily, that of the user. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere

Teeth whitening

In Roman times, there was a tradition among the Gauls to use urine to whiten teeth. A famous poem by the Roman poet Catullus, criticizing a Gaul named Egnatius, reads:

Egnatius, because he has snow-white teeth, smiles all the time. For persons with a Cognomen "Catulus" see Lutatius Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca If you’re a defendant in court, when the counsel draws tears, he smiles: if you’re in grief at the pyre of pious sons, the lone lorn mother weeping, he smiles. Whatever it is, wherever it is, whatever he’s doing, he smiles: he’s got a disease, neither polite, I would say, nor charming. So a reminder to you, from me, good Egnatius. If you were a Sabine or Tiburtine or a fat Umbrian, or plump Etruscan, or dark toothy Lanuvian, or from north of the Po, and I’ll mention my own Veronese too, or whoever else clean their teeth religiously, I’d still not want you to smile all the time: there’s nothing more foolish than foolishly smiling. Now you’re Spanish: in the country of Spain what each man pisses, he’s used to brushing his teeth and red gums with, every morning, so the fact that your teeth are so polished just shows you’re the more full of piss. ^[17][18]

Ceremonial

The Koryak people of Siberia drink urine in conjunction with their ceremonial use of the psychoactive Amanita muscaria (commonly known as fly agaric) mushroom. Koryaks (or Koriak are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a Chemical substance that acts primarily upon the Central nervous system where it alters Brain Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita is a poisonous and Psychoactive Basidiomycete Fungus, The active alkaloids are unchanged as they pass through the human body, allowing the urine to retain the intoxicating effects of the mushroom. This article is about the chemical compounds alkaloids For the Pharmaceutical company in the Republic of Macedonia see Alkaloid (company. Toxicity is the degree to which a substance is able to damage an exposed organism

References

See also

• Urine Urine
• Urea Ingredient in Urine
• Urine therapy
• Urolagnia Sexual attraction to Urine
• The Urineist Society: THE URINEIST SOCIETY: Practitioners of urotherapy, urophagia & urolagnia. Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the Kidneys by a process of filtration from Blood and Excreted through the Urethra. Urea is an Organic compound with the Chemical formula ( N[[hydrogen H]]22 C[[oxygen O]] In Alternative medicine, the term urine therapy (also urotherapy, urinotherapy or uropathy) refers to various applications of human Urine Urolagnia (also urophilia, undinism) is a Sexual activity in which participants derive sexual pleasure from Urine and/or Urination (A Google Group)

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