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FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Not sure where that thing about urine being sterile came from, but no, it most certainly isn’t!

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  • Ultraviolet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I assume the thinking is because it’s toxic, nothing lives in it. It’s an incorrect assumption, there are bacteria in it, but that’s probably where the misconception comes from.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I looked it up and found this:

      For years, even doctors believed urine was sterile. The myth goes back 50 years, Hilt said, when a screening method for kidney infections was developed. It was a simple and easy test that was soon applied to bladder infections, too.

      But the test involved culturing only a small amount of urine in open air, at a temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) for 24 hours. Not all bacteria grow in those conditions.

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  • PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Stop trying to explain jokes Gary, just enjoy the fucking things and smile. If someone is done enough to believe anything from a random comment fuckem lettem nature themselves away.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s a common misconception

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• UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Google it, might be on youtube, but about 10 years back there were a couple on This Morning here in the UK that claimed it had “health benefits”. TV show brought out a doctor to tell them off, LOL!

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