What Does the Color of Your Urine Say About Your Health?

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What Color Should Healthy Urine Be?

For most healthy, hydrated people, urine falls somewhere between nearly clear and pale yellow or light straw-colored.

The yellow color comes from pigments in urine, and the concentration changes depending on how much water you’re taking in.

Drink more fluids and your urine generally becomes lighter.

Drink less, or lose fluids through sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea, and it can become darker and more concentrated.

That means there’s no single “perfect” shade that everyone’s urine should be every time.

A little variation throughout the day is completely normal.

Clear Urine

If your urine is completely transparent, you may simply be well hydrated—or you may have had quite a lot to drink.

An occasional bout of clear urine generally isn’t something to worry about.

However, if your urine is consistently crystal clear despite not drinking unusually large amounts of fluid, it’s

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