Good for teeth too, right? That’s what I keep telling her.

I hear it’s also great for clearing up one’s complexion.

What about semen? My semen is still sterile right? And chock full of protein?

That reason has nothing to do with bacteria—if your urine had significant amounts of bacteria, you would be getting kidney infections all the time.

Disagree regarding the interpretation of the original article here. To assess how sterile urine really is, a rigorously sterile collection technique would have to be used, such as a suprapubic tap (where a needle is inserted into the bladder). Remember that techniques are used here to increase the sensitivity of the…

It seems obvious that urine wouldn’t be sterile or germ-free. The body expels it for a reason. But anyway, piss on it.

Well, yeah, I know that, and you know that—but an awful lot of folks watching Bear Grylls “survive” with an attendant camera crew evidently bought his snake oil routine, so this article—and others like it—can help to dispel some of the poorly-founded beliefs of a certain segment of the public.

I mean, you probably know…

Right, but you shouldn’t drink urine under any circumstances as it dehydrates you more than it hydrates you and is, by definition, a bodily waste product...i.e. if Bear Gryllis suggests drinking urine, he’s an idiot.

Why can’t I just drink wine, like normal people? I checked my cellar, there’s enough to last me a year at least...

Oh, my friend, trust me on this, you really don’t want to know...

My guess would be the multiple references made to drinking urine as a survival technique; Bear Grylls was not the first to suggest it, but he also will not be the last—and if you’re going to be quaffing something, you probably want it to have as little bacteria in it as possible.

I am honestly not sure why this is a thing anyway...like, in what situation does the sterility or lack thereof of a bodily waste product matter to an individual?

They were unable to leave the island for several months until charges were dropped. It wasn't simply 2 days in lock up, a horrifying event in itself, but they were de facto homeless as a result of kissing someone

No I understand that. I just really don’t like people pretending that hydrogen peroxide is going to mess up healing when no one actually has real evidence for it. A much better argument is that it actually doesn’t kill a lot of the bacteria anyways, so if it’s a minor cut it really doesn’t matter if you use it. Just…

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

A couple of things: First of all there has been really no evidence that hydrogen peroxide slows down wound healing (here’s my review source, individual citations can be found there: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/45…), because at 3% it just isn’t strong enough to harm human epithelial cells. Because we actually…