Do you eat too much pitaya and your urine turns red?

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If you eat too much pitaya, whether your urine turns red is related to the type of pitaya. It needs to be analyzed in combination with the actual situation.

Do you eat too much pitaya and your urine turns red?

At present, the more common pitaya on the market are white-heart pitaya and red-heart pitaya. If you eat white-heart pitaya, it will generally not cause urine to turn red. At this time, you need to consider pathological factors, such as ureteral stones, kidney damage, etc. However, if you eat red pitaya, it may cause urine to turn red, because red pitaya contains anthocyanin components, anthocyanin is not easy to be digested and absorbed after entering the human body, will pass through kidney excretion into urine, finally lead to urine redness, belongs to normal physiological phenomenon, do not worry too much.



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