Should you pee on a jellyfish sting? Busting 4 urine myths

Urine is familiar to everyone. But even with an everyday substance like pee, there’s still a lot of myths and misconceptions. Are any of them true?

You can drink your own urine: MOSTLY FALSE

You can safely drink a bit of your own pee, but most doctors and scientists wouldn’t recommend it.

Urine is somewhere between 90 to 95 percent water, but it also contains a lot of toxins your body is trying to flush away, according to Healthline.

Even when you’re trapped on an island or dying of thirst in a desert, it’s probably not a good idea to drink your own pee. In fact, the U.S. Army Field Manuel tells soldiers not to drink their pee if they’re in a survival situation.

Peeing on a jellyfish sting helps: FALSE

Maybe you’ve have heard the myth that peeing on a jellyfish sting will help with the pain. But if you find yourself stung by a jellyfish, the truth is the yellow liquid might not help at all.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are a number of studies that show urinating on a sting doesn’t have any benefit — and may actually make the pain worse.

Your pee smells after you eat asparagus: TRUE

Have you ever had asparagus for dinner and then noticed your pee smells bad later that night?

According to the Cleveland Clinic, that’s caused by an acid found exclusively in the vegetable that is digested down into a sulfur — which is generally not a very good smell (think: rotten eggs).

The good news is asparagus still is a healthy food option — you might just need to hold your nose later on.

Urine can cure athlete’s foot or nail fungus: MOSTLY FALSE

There’s a military myth that says you should pee in the shower to get rid of toenail fungus. A similar rumor says this can help cure a foot condition called athlete’s foot.

Your pee contains something called urea, which is used in high concentrations to cure these conditions. However, a urologist with the University of Southern California says urine doesn’t have as much urea as more traditional treatment methods, so it likely doesn’t actually help that much.