Beet juice making urine and stool red.

[sTeaLth]

I started taking daily concentrated beet shots yesterday morning. This morning, I drank one at 4:30am, ran and then went to the bathroom at 7. Urine was slightly brownish red and the stool had a redness to it as well. Nothing black and tarry but still disconcerting. Everything I find says this is totally normal within 12-24 hours of eating beets or drinking beet juice. These are SUPER concentrated beet shots for exercising so I’m fairly confident on what it is. Still, just wanting to calm that small fear. Anyone else experienced this?

 

[blueberries]

Yes!!!!! I ran to the doctor's office in a total panic because of what looked to me like blood in the urine. They took a sample and didn't see anything. Doctor comes in and says sometimes something we eat can make the urine turn red and then he lists food that can do this. Aha!!! I had been eating beet chips the day before. And yes, both pee and poo turned red.

 

[sTeaLth]

Thanks. I appreciate it. The urine has gone back to normal after peeing twice with weird colors. I won’t know about stool still until tomorrow. It seems it can take a few days to go back to normal.

 

[Walking Circles]

This is totally normal. Years back I got a blue ocean water from Sonic and had the same issue, freaked me right out. My doctor laughed.

 

[sTeaLth]

Ya. Took two days but all back to normal. I have to take these shots for over a week. I just won’t look at anything in the toilet until a few days after my race. Thanks for the replies.

 

[MakUSA]

That's totally normal, I eat beets all the time and right after my urine and stool are very red.