The Daily Habit That Could Save Your Health: Why You Should Look at Your Urine Every Day

John Whyte, MD
3 min readJul 23, 2023

There’s a lot of talk about blood biopsies as well as what lab tests you need on a yearly basis. I’ve always been a proponent of more frequent monitoring of your bodies. We do that now with our trackers and sensors. But you don’t need to buy anything to start monitoring your health on a daily basis. All you need to do is to look at your urine!

Urine is one of the most underrated indicators of our overall health. It may not be a topic we discuss openly, but paying attention to your…

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John Whyte, MD

Physician, Author, Chief Medical Officer @ WebMD. I am passionate about changing how we think about #Health. Views my own.