• tamal3@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    A whole bunch of friends from the town I used to live in. One started peeing on his skin as an eczema treatment, which seemed to work, and somehow this progressed to drinking it. It spread, and became a thing in town. Last I heard there were about 10 pee drinkers, but obviously it’s not something people talk about openly.

    Apparently morning pee is relaxing because of the melatonin content?

    Edit: Apparently it’s a very old and widespread practice. Here’s a Healthline article on it: https://www.healthline.com/health/drinking-urine