What Urine Therapy Is

What Urine Therapy Is Dr. Travis Stork: Our next topic is something that will definitely shock you. We came across some video online. It’s a bit too graphic to show you because it’s about the benefits of drinking your own urine. So we invited the filmmaker here today to share his story. So Matt, are you the filmmaker? Matt: I am. Dr. Travis Stork: So the film showed you experimenting with urine? Matt: You’re right. Yeah. I’d heard about it in college and kind of pick my interest in such a bizarre concept so I decided to give it a shot for one of the projects and I did it for three days and I haven’t done it since. Dr. Travis Stork: Well, let me say that urine is sterile. It is 95% water and people are using urine therapy and you know urine contains urea, creatinine, uric acid, and some other trace elements, things that maybe filtered to your body. Dr. Jim Sears: I’ve heard that people stranded at sea will drink their own urine together as a survival technique, is it? Dr. Travis Stork: And that’s the one time where I could recommend drinking your urine because since it’s 95% water, if you are absolutely stranded in the middle of nowhere and all you have is urine, it’s better to drink urine than die. Dr. Jim Sears: Okay. Dr. Travis Stork: But if it’s me and I got a water faucet and a urinal I’m going to go for the water faucet each in every time because -- Dr. Drew Ordon: Good choice. Dr. Lisa Masterson: Yes. Dr. Travis Stork: What people believes, some people believe that urea is anticancer and promotes cancer fighting but there is actually been no scientific proof of these benefits. Some people do have experienced nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, I don’t know if you’re experiencing symptoms like that. Matt: No, oh, close. Dr. Travis Stork: I mean it’s not pleasant drinking your own urine. At least I can imagine but let me tell you what -- Dr. Lisa Masterson: Actually we have some toxins in your body. You might actually, you know especially if someone else drinks that you don’t want to -- anybody else as urine or something like that. Dr. Drew Ordon: You imagine if you have urinary tract infection? Dr. Lisa Masterson: Yeah or an STD. Dr. Travis Stork: Well, anyone else’s except my own because I thought we go through some of the treatments and so I prepared a sample this morning. Dr. Drew Ordon: So that’s your own brew? Dr. Jim Sears: You need to drink more water buddy. Dr. Travis Stork: I was a little concentrated this morning, now -- but let’s go through some other things to choose for. Drew, some people drink urine because they believe it has health benefits. So do you want to try a little? Meanwhile, Jim I was going to do a little urine facial for you. So there we go. Dr. Drew Ordon: We’ve talked about urea and creatinine on the skin actually, potentially having some benefit. Dr. Travis Stork: I don’t know how to do a facial, just dub it in your face, is that what you’re saying? Dr. Lisa Masterson: Yeah. Dr. Drew Ordon: Just a little dub will do. Dr. Travis Stork: And some people -- and this is what some people are doing. They’re using it as -- Dr. Drew Ordon: Here is urea. Dr. Jim Sears: Do I look younger? Dr. Drew Ordon: Oh, I love apple juice. Dr. Travis Stork: Some people are also using it as eye drops and also is -- they’re putting it in saline rinses for your nose getting back to boogers. Dr. Jim Sears: There we go. Dr. Travis Stork: Hey you, that’s pretty a good way -- your booger taste like urine maybe you want to eat that. Dr. Travis Stork: But I don’t want to lie with it because again there’s no evidence out there that urine has any anticancer properties or whatnot. But Matt thanks for sharing your story and your experiment and you’re off to urine these days? Matt: Yeah, no. No more. Dr. Travis Stork: You’ve been cleaned for how long? Matt: About three years. Dr. Travis Stork: And like Drew just said I want to reiterate that was apple juice he just had not my urine. Dr. Lisa Masterson: Yeah. Dr. Travis Stork: You drink it for ownership though right, stranded? Dr. Drew Ordon: Somewhat, sure. Dr. Travis Stork: I’ll give you some of my urine. I’ll do that for you. Dr. Jim Sears: It’s better than dying. Dr. Lisa Masterson: Yeah.