Why does red beets make my pee red, while spinach does not make it green?

It’s completely normal for some people to eat beets and pass red colored pee. this known as Beeturia,

But it can also be a warning sign that you have an iron deficiency. If you’re not getting enough iron, you may notice other symptoms such as feeling tired all the time, having a hard time concentrating, or pale skin and gums. A simple test can help figure out if your iron levels are low. Check with your doctor.

Eat more spinach, it will turn green. Also drink a lot of milk and pee under a black light. The calcium fluoresces. What goes in must come out, and the less your body needs of it the more of it will be intact. Welcome to Fluther.

Here; spinach can make your poo green…

Gee – I’m thinking you could get a nice Christmas theme going here with the right combination.

Because the different components, phytochemicals and nutrients in different foods do different things.

Never had this to occur with either vegetable. are your kidneys okay?

Just think of the delightful aroma and beautiful color that would be gracing your bowl if you ate asparagus AND beets.

…and drank grape soda…

I apparently have boring urine. Who knew?

I eat beets all the time and it never happened to me either. I never heard of it.

@Supacase – me too and I’m kind of pleased about it!

When I was a kid I ate a couple of bowls of King Vitamin cereal before peeing for the first time that day, and for YEARS was convinced it was the yellow cereal that made my pee so yellow.

‘course, now I know that the first pee in the day is SUPPOSED to glow!

Yeah, @rooeytoo, I’m not devastated.