Why is urine yellow...?!


Question: Why is urine yellow!.!.!.!?
Answers:
Well, it's not always yellow!. A "normal" urine colour ranges from pale yellow to deep amber!.

The pigment which causes the normal yellowish colour is called "urochrome", which comes from the processing of dead blood cells in the liver!.

Too much vitamin C can turn it orange!. Dehydration turns it a deeper or darker yellow!. Bacterial infections or high calcium levels can turn it bluish!. Excessive B vitamins can turn it neon yellow!. A rare disease called "porphyria" turns it deep red/purple!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Every minute, thousands of your red blood cells die and are replaced by new ones!. The remnants are passed in your urine and give it that color!. When the color is deeper, the replacement was larger!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Urine is normally yellow because it contains urobilin!.
It can also be colourless if an excessive amount
of water is consumedWww@Answer-Health@Com

It is because it contains waste products some of which is wastes from the liver like bilirubin and dead blood cells which make it yellow!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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