Tibor, does this 'health practice' work?

[DA-Bucks]

Cup of urine a day keeps ailments at bay

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BANGKOK (AFP) - [size=-1] Drinking urine can eliminate sinus trouble, turn grey hair black and even cure cancer, a Thai academic said, citing a study of local Buddhists who engage in the unorthodox practice. [/size]

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[size=-1] Ratree Cheepudomwit, of the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development Department, said hundreds of urine drinkers attested that consuming a daily cup worked wonders for their overall health and helped slow the ageing process. [/size]



[size=-1] She said that in June she queried 250 members of Santi Asoke, a strict indigenous Buddhist movement believed to have thousands of followers, and 204 respondents said they had learned from ancient Buddhist manucripts that drinking one's urine improved health. [/size]



[size=-1] "Of the respondents, 87 percent confirmed that it had head-to-toe benefits for them, including for example reduction of dandruff, grey hair, sinus problems and cancer," Ratree told AFP. [/size]



[size=-1] The medical elixir was not easy on everyone's system, as about one in 10 urine drinkers suffered diarrhea afterwards, but the practice should not be viewed with disgust, she said. [/size]



[size=-1] "Other groups of people who drank urine were Buddhist monks who practised in accordance to scriptures which are more than 2,500 years old," she said.[/size]

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[MililaniBuckeye]

Ratree Cheepudomwit, of the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development Department, said hundreds of urine drinkers attested that consuming a daily cup worked wonders for their overall health and helped slow the ageing process.

Anyone with a name like RatTree CreepDimwit shouldn't be giving health advice.

 

[BuckeyeInTheBoro]

Ratree Cheepudomwit, of the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development Department, said hundreds of urine drinkers attested that consuming a daily cup worked wonders for their overall health and helped slow the ageing process.

Not exactly the scientific method, is it? Of course they thought it was good for them or they wouldn't be doing it.

In other news: 10 out of 10 drunk drivers thought they weren't too drunk to drive.

 

[Jaxbuck]

In the area of the world they are talking about a cup of piss is an upgrade over their water.

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

I'd imagine it's very effective at preventing STDs.

 

[AKAK]

Do you have to drink your own urine? Or does it come on tap?

In other bodily fluid news:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...ap/20040902/ap_on_en_mu/celeb_britney_s_trash

 

[DEBuckeye]

Does a cup of pee taste great, or is it less filling? Does it have a lot of carbs?

I'm thinking that if you're drinking pee, you've got more serious problems than gray hair, dandruff or sinus trouble.

 

[BrutuStrength]

I'm thinking that if you're drinking pee, you've got more serious problems than gray hair, dandruff or sinus trouble.

The understatement of the year.

 

[BrutusBobcat]

It can't be any worse than a can of Old Milwaukee.