What the colour of your urine says about your health

Human urine has been a useful tool of diseases and sickness diagnosis since the earliest days of medicine. Many of us usually don't give much thought as to the colour of our urine when we urinate, but it is important to know that the basic details of your urine colour, density, and smell can reveal much about the state of our health. 

Urine is the body’s liquid waste, mainly composed of water, salt, nitrogen compounds and chemicals such as urea, uric acid and other wast substances removed from the blood by the kidneys, stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra.

Urine is one of the body's chief means of eliminating excess water and salt out of the human body.

Above are some of the things you can tell from the colour of your urine.