What Does Urine Color Indicate?

8. Pink or Red Urine

Foods that can cause pink or reddish urine include berries, beets, rhubarb, and fava beans. Seeing this color of urine after eating such foods is no cause for concern. Other reasons that are more troublesome include an enlarged prostate, kidney cysts, urinary tract infections, kidney and bladder stones, and both cancerous and benign tumors. Any of these can cause blood in the urine or hematuria. Long-distance runners, people who exercise vigorously, and people taking laxatives or antibiotics should seek medical attention if they notice pink or red urine. Painless blood in the urine can indicate cancer. Older people are more vulnerable to bladder and kidney tumors.