Dehydration and Cloudy Urine?

[elit3keraed]

Figured since hydration is part of diet.

Been noticing in the mornings or if I go a while without drinking water during the day my urine gets cloudy.

Everything I’ve read is it’s a normal sign of dehydration. Of course there’s a bunch of other things that can cause it but some of the information seems a bit confusing.


If it’s cloudy but goes away if I drink a cup or two of water it’s dehydration. If it recurs because I haven’t had any water in a bit but then clears up again drinking water it’s still just a hydration issue right?

The way some of the information is written seems like if it goes away with water it’s dehydration BUT if it comes back then it’s something else.


Noticed since this heatwave in my area it seems like I’ve had this happen a fairly often but every time it clears up just drinking water and comes back when I go a few hours without any.

 

[Wiseguy]

Food, supplements, gear and many other things can change color of urine. Let me assure you that if.you were dehydrated 2 glasses of water will not resolve the issue. When I am dehydrated before a competition it takes 1 or 2 gallons of water and tons of electrolytes to get fully hydrated. Also, it take couple of days and not right away after I pound so much water.

 

[elit3keraed]

Food, supplements, gear and many other things can change color of urine. Let me assure you that if.you were dehydrated 2 glasses of water will not resolve the issue. When I am dehydrated before a competition it takes 1 or 2 gallons of water and tons of electrolytes to get fully hydrated. Also, it take couple of days and not right away after I pound so much water.

In just going off what I read. Drinking a few glasses of water resolving the issue is a sign of being dehydrated. Not stage depleted dehydrated. But the same as urine being dark is dehydrated which in a non stage depleted person would be cleared with a few glasses.


Although I’m fairly certain it’s the electrolyte powder I have been using. Going to drop it for a while and see what happens

 

[balin]

I typically loose 2-3 pounds of water over night so i always take in 16 oz within minutes of getting up, have for decades.
When dehydrated things will be more concentrated. Once water is taken in hydration starts to occur.
I find most process in the body go in pulses not in a straight line.
If the body think it needs to rehydrate tissue or flush toxins it will do what it thinks is more important before going to the next task.

 

[elit3keraed]

I typically loose 2-3 pounds of water over night so i always take in 16 oz within minutes of getting up, have for decades.
When dehydrated things will be more concentrated. Once water is taken in hydration starts to occur.
I find most process in the body go in pulses not in a straight line.
If the body think it needs to rehydrate tissue or flush toxins it will do what it thinks is more important before going to the next task.

Yeah I always wake up with the worst dry mouth and headache every morning. I never understood why growing up every morning my dad would get up and drink three or four glasses of water first thing. And as I’ve gotten older, I’m like holy shit now I get it. By the time I’m done at the gym between my pre-workouts and my intro workout, I’m typically about 100 ounces of water in for the day. And then I’ll have another gallon or so minimum the rest of the day.


I have noticed that I haven’t taken any of my normal electrolyte formula so far today and I haven’t had any issues with cloudy urine. I read that excessive magnesium, especially the lesser absorb diversions can cause cloudy urine. And the electrolyte blend that I have rocks about 75 mg of tri magnesium citrate. I usually do two scoops pre-workout and then a scoop during the day and then sometimes a ghost hydration ready to drink, which is another 120 mg. Looking back I’m pretty sure every time I’ve struggled with cloudy urine. It’s sometime around drinking these powders.

We’ll see what happens after a few days without drinking baby.