• Question: is urin acidic

    Asked by finlayr to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 12 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      Depends what you’ve been eating and how much water you’ve drunk!

      What have you been eating?!

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      Urine is actually about neutral normally, but can vary quite a lot between pH 4 and 8, depending on what you have been eating and drinking.

      Uric acid is a big part of urine, but it is watered down by water and other chemicals that come out of what you eat. Oranges and lemons, vegetables and milk can make it more alkaline, and lots of meat can make it more acidic.

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      Catherine Rix answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      In my old job I worked with pregnancy tests so spent a lot of time testing urine samples. They were mostly neutral pH, but it did vary a bit. Some of them were pretty smelly too!

    • Photo: Karen Masters

      Karen Masters answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      No idea. I expect it depends on what you’ve been drinking.

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