How much piss can one consume
without getting sick?
Sincerely Curious
I usually float medical questions over to
Dr. Barak Gaster, Savage Love’s long-suffering resident medical expert.
But after braving a torrent of piss questions over the years, Dr.
Gaster has developed something of a piss-question phobia. So, S C, I
tossed your question to Dr. W. H., an ER physician at a big city
hospital like the ones on teevee! Dr. W. H. has seen people “guzzling
every nasty-ass secretion known,” and wasn’t fazed by your
question. (He also says that he’s seen people use Doritos bags as condoms, but we’ll save that for another column.)
“Piss is actually quite safe to drink,” says
Dr. W. H., “assuming the person making the piss has healthy kidneys and
isn’t dripping with the clap.” But isn’t piss a waste product, packed
with stuff your body wants to be rid of? “The production of urine
begins with an...