Your urine can change colour and smell according to what you eat. <\/p>
Foods like beetroot<\/a>, blackberries, and broad beans can turn urine pink or red, for example, as the pigments are excreted by your kidneys.<\/p>\n But if truth be told, your urine shouldn\u2019t really smell sweet. Google brings up various anecdotal articles about sugary cereals making our urine smell like them, but this has not been scientifically proven. You might want to consider getting checked for diabetes if you really think this is the case.<\/p>\n Diabetes results from issues with the hormone insulin and leads to more blood glucose circulating in the bloodstream. When these blood sugar levels get really high, the body tries to find balance in any way that it can, including through the urine. Urine that contains glucose may well smell sweet because it actually contains sugar. But since that is not a normal route for glucose to leave the body, it\u2019s a sign that warrants further investigation.<\/p>\n Some medicines can give urine vivid tones too, such as orange or greenish-blue. For example, the information leaflet for the cold medicine Day Nurse states that: \u201cOne of the excipients of this medicine (Riboflavin 101<\/a>) may cause your urine to turn bright yellow\/orange. If this continues even after stopping taking this medicine, you should contact your doctor\u201d.<\/p>\n So this one isn\u2019t something to be worried about!<\/p>\n Riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin, and excess amounts are excreted by the kidneys. As riboflavin is bright yellow in colour, it can make your wee luminous while you\u2019re taking the Day Nurse.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Lizzie White, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Your urine can change colour and smell according to what you eat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28481,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/sugar-puffs-making-your-wee-smell-sweet-we-might-have-some-bad-news.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Your urine can change colour and smell according to what you eat.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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