Relax - Don't call 911 just yet. Think back. Have you eaten beets recently? Well, that'll do it.
When some people eat beets, it turns their pee and poop red. Only 14% of the population experience this.
Beeturia is the real name for this phenomenon, and it may be genetic. Eating beets while eating a lot of other oxalic acid containing foods such as spinach, rhubarb, or chocolate has been said to cause the red urine as well.
The majority of the time however, red pee after eating beets is a sign that your body needs a little more iron in your diet.
Fit's Tips: Other signs of an iron deficiency are heart palpitations, pale gums, and feeling tired all of the time. You can go to your doctor and get a simple test to find out for sure. Once you start adding more iron back into your diet, you'll be feeling more energetic. And when you eat beets again, you won't be scared by what you see after going to the bathroom.
Elle Macpherson
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Jette Joop
i eat tons of beets and it's never turned my pee red...just my poo purple. haha, purple poo.
1LOL -- purple poo -- gross
2ha, purple poo. one time i ate a lot (and i mean a lot) of blue cotton candy at the circus.... and u can figure out the rest. i was young and it totally freaked me out.
3purple poo - gross. I get pink pee. The first time I made beets for my husband his poo was red and he thought he had some awful disease. I had to explain that beets sometimes do that. I had no idea there was a name associated with the phenomenon.
4Bluejeanie, you crack me up!
5so frikkin funny! LOL!!
6Our bodies are so cool (and weird).
7It also happend when you eat too many blueberries...
8And Frankenberry cereal...
9Another thing that may turn your pee red/orange/ick is a UTI medication called Pyridium (I dunno if I spelled it right).
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