article_snippet: Many of us pass urine without thinking – or looking – at the colour of it.
article_snippet: But perhaps it’s time to take note, because us pee can say a lot about us health, according to one doctor.
article_snippet: Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, GP Dr Chris Steele GP Dr Chris Steele explained what each shade of pee – from clear to red to green and blue – tells us about the body.
article_snippet: GP Dr Chris Steele lined up test tubes of a range of colours of urine, from clear through to dark yellow, to red and blue.
article_snippet: GP Dr Chris Steele first piece of advice is to look at the colour of urine while peeing, rather than when it has hit the toilet bowl.
article_snippet: Dr Chris Steele, a GP and resident doctor on ITV's This Morning, said people should look at the colour of people urine while people are peeing, not when their urine has hit the toilet bowl and is diluted in water .
article_snippet: He told presenters Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden: 'You should look at the colour in the stream that you’re passing, not when the colour’s in the toilet bowl, because the colour gets diluted in two litres of water.
article_snippet: And when thinking about the colour of our pee, it's important to remember how food, drink and medication could be affecting it, He added.
article_snippet: Next, someone explained what each shade of pee means, in terms of health.
article_snippet: The diagram, created by the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, shows that urine should be straw coloured or pale yellow.
article_snippet: But the most important colour to look out for is a pink or light red colour.
highlights_snippet: GP Dr Chris Steele advises people to check the colour of people urine .
  
highlights_snippet: Check the colour mid-stream, rather than when the pee has hit the bowl .
  