Proper Hydration: Clear Urine Is Best
With a double header softball game this afternoon in what will undoubtedly be a hot day, hydration is always on my mind. Dehydration can hit pretty quickly when you’re running around outside in the sun and it can affect your mood and athletic performance in insidious ways. You’ll get moody, cranky, and miserable to be around. Your reaction time will slow, your body will feel more sluggish, and you’ll find yourself preferring to sit out rather than play the next inning. Proper hydration is crucial.
So, what’s the best barometer of hydration? Your urine. Your urine is yellow because of bile. Bile is produced by your liver and used to help break up fat. Afterwards, that bile is broken down and urinated out of the body. Urochrome, a pigment in bile, is what turns your urine yellow. The darker yellow it is, the less water you have in your body. The lighter the better and a dark yellow is a sign of dehydration.
Drink more liquids and pee clear!
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Jul 29, 2008 - 06:07:24If you are sweating alot don’t forget that you may need salt to allow the water to be absorbed into the blood. I found this out the hard way…
http://www.weightladder.com/2008/05/06/importance-of-maintaining-adequate-hydration/
Actually, the ideal color of healthy urine is a pale straw color, or light yellow. If your urine is clear, you are actually flushing more than you need to. It isn’t bad, but it isn’t the ideal. If you drink plenty of water and your urine is light yellow, you’re right on the mark. Darker yellow and you are not hydrated enough, but keep in mind that vitamins and medications can affect the color of your urine as well. Diabetics tend to have clear urine.
by this logic i’m only ever properly hydrated when I drink alcohol.
I get a pitcher of water, and whatever alcohol I want at the bar and drink 3X the oz of alcoholic beverage adjusting everything to a 5%, so an shot becomes 32 oz of drink. so I drink at least a pitcher per shot. this is the only time I pee clear.
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