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.
How long did he live when he didn’t drink his own piss? Was it longer or shorter?
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.
You’re speculating. How long did he actually live when he didn’t consume his urine daily?
I am afraid I don’t get what you are saying.
His bio says he lived till 99.
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”?
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.
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.”
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.
Nm……forgot this was QZ, no politics.
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.
Cecil discusses:
Medical advice on drinking pee:
(TL;DR: Probably not such a good idea.)
I’ve had dogs that thought this was a grand idea.
For the full beneficial effect, we should roll in shit in addition to eating it. Contact with Mother Earth and all.
I mean, I’m all for recycling, but this is ridiculous.