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Bright yellow urine & Diarrhea

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Amber D said #1 Apr 10, 2010 at 2:54pm

I have been doing the vegan thing for about 6-8 weeks now and I just started taking deva vegan multivitamin and DHA supplements.....could this be why my urine is bright yellow? It is normally a lot less colorful. Also, I was studying today and all of a sudden I got diarrhea like a waterfall (sorry to be so blunt).....trying to backtrack and thing about what it could have been.....just looked like sald etc....maybe i accidentally ate something with dairy in it!? Could have been the orange vinagrette dressing in my salad anyways horrible! Trying to fight off bronchitis and now this....very uncomfortable! Any ideas?

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Justin Bean said #2 Apr 16, 2010 at 5:22am

Yellow pee is from the B vitamins. Diarrhea with undigested food is commonly a viral infection but if it isn't gone by now then it could be something else.

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krjwaj said #3 Apr 16, 2010 at 5:46am

I agree with Justin~the bright yellow urine is from vitamins..still a shocker after all these years! The more water you drink, the color will fade.

My stool has been looser and a little off schedule since changing my eating habits, but the only time I had diarrhea since cutting out dairy was when we went out to dinner and I had feta cheese and frech fries. I figured it was either the feta or the grease..or both...ouch!

Hope you get back on track, soon. =)

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Valdis said #4 Apr 23, 2010 at 3:08pm

I'm a pescetarian (I eat fish on occasion). Aside from eating seafood once a month (basing it off a ratio), I pretty much follow a vegan diet. I've noticed if I dap a bit in sweets, or dairy subs (too much soy, almond milk, etc), I get loose bowels. Also, greasey foods, no matter what grease (oil), will trigger this for me too. Just giving my two cents.

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metalgypsy said #5 May 13, 2010 at 7:25pm

I take Vega multi's and my urine is bright yellow in the morning. I'm just taking them until I can get my diet on track, then hopefully I wont need them.

The accidental dairy consumption could definitely have caused the Diarrhea. That happens whenever I have a slight amount of dairy. It's a great reminder not to start up again, lol.

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