# Piss drinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 31, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667 "2022-01-31T02:24:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/21 "2022-02-02T01:45:25Z")
Morarji Desai, erstwhile PM of India was a huge proponent of Auto Urine Therapy. Lived to the ripe age of 99. Even talked to Dan Rather in 1978 on 60 Minutes about how beneficial it would be for the Indian population most of who could not afford medical treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/22 "2022-02-02T02:23:13Z")
How long did he live when he didn’t drink his own piss? Was it longer or shorter? ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/23 "2022-02-02T02:37:12Z")
You mean if he hadn’t consumed his urine daily ? I would say he would have made it to his late 70s or early 80s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/24 "2022-02-02T02:51:56Z")
You’re speculating. How long did he actually live when he didn’t consume his urine daily? ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/25 "2022-02-02T03:15:54Z")
I am afraid I don’t get what you are saying. ☹ His bio says he lived till 99. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/26 "2022-02-02T03:27:47Z")
Geez, it’s not a complicated question. It may be difficult for you to answer, but it’s not exactly complicated. I’ll help you out. Would the answer possibly be “_I have no idea because that never happened_”? ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/27 "2022-02-02T05:30:50Z")
A simple internet search might shed more light on the subject. I have nothing to do with drinking piss nor am I extolling its virtues. Anecdotal that’s all. Just like Snake oil, Moringa and Garcinia. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/28 "2022-02-02T16:45:10Z")
> [@PozhanPop](#): > > His bio says he lived till 99. Maybe his longevity was partially due to others avoiding him due to his urine drinking, thus exposing him to fewer germs. We’ve all heard anecdotes about people who drank to excess and/or smoked like a chimney, yet lived to an overripe old age. Such tales are meaningless. Anyway, the waste product that holds out the best prospect of glittering good health and saving the planet isn’t urine. Eating shit could be the next big thing. “In short, we can poop our poop and eat it too. And we should. Auto-coprophagy is not only entirely possible, it is also the most environmentally and ethically sound option for human civilization on this planet for the long term. Food diversity is a bother, a gross inefficiency, and a never-ending problem for both the planet and people everywhere.” > **[We Should Consider Eating Our Own Poop for a Better Future](https://www.vice.com/en/article/ype3qx/we-should-consider-eating-our-own-poop-for-a-better-future)** > > This modest pooposal is not as far-fetched as it might first sound. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/29 "2022-02-02T17:18:54Z")
> [@PozhanPop](#): > > I am afraid I don’t get what you are saying. ☹ > His bio says he lived till 99. That was @Princhester’s smart-aleky way of saying there’s no control group, which would be Desai not drinking urine at the exact same timeframe in the exact same universe. Another smart-aleky way of saying anecdotal evidence is not data. LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/30 "2022-02-03T03:41:04Z")
Nm……forgot this was QZ, no politics. ---
**Author:** ![RedSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@RedSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSky)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/31 "2022-02-03T04:05:58Z")
I’ve never tried it however in theory it’s a primitive form of hormone replacement therapy, the hormones secreted by the kidneys overnight are recycled bac into the body. I’ve no idea if it would actually work. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/32 "2022-02-03T07:45:25Z")
**Cecil** discusses: > **[The Straight Dope - Chicago Reader](https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-straight-dope-567/)** > > WE’RE DOOMED Mindful of our discussion earlier this year about the importance of washing one’s hands after going to the bathroom (January 12, February 2) and recalling my comment that urine itself, being fairly sterile, is not the problem, a reader... > [@Cecil](#): > > Listen to your body. Your body is saying, “I just got rid of this stuff, granola-brain. Are you nuts?” > > But if you want to try it, be my guest. Just don’t eat any asparagus first. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/33 "2022-02-03T07:51:24Z")
Medical advice on drinking pee: (TL;DR: Probably not such a good idea.) > **[Drinking urine: Are there any real health benefits?](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326830)** > > There are no proven health benefits of drinking urine, though people have done so for centuries. In this article, learn about risks, reasons, and more. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/34 "2022-02-03T15:46:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “In short, we can poop our poop and eat it too. And we should. Auto-coprophagy is not only entirely possible, it is also the most environmentally and ethically sound option for human civilization on this planet for the long term. Food diversity is a bother, a gross inefficiency, and a never-ending problem for both the planet and people everywhere.” I’ve had dogs that thought this was a grand idea. 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/35 "2022-02-03T15:53:05Z")
For the full beneficial effect, we should roll in shit in addition to eating it. Contact with Mother Earth and all. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667/36 "2022-02-03T21:28:15Z")
I mean, I’m all for recycling, but this is ridiculous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piss-drinking/958667.md?page=1)