Urea is used in a variety of skin care products to target general skin dryness or medical conditions associated with dry or itchy skin. Urea can also help exfoliate dead skin buildup and may help target fungal infections.

Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist and he was famous for his discovery of the principles of pasteurization, microbial fermentation and vaccinations. He believed in the theory of Vitalism and even provided evidence for it with the process of fermentation.

Falsification of theories: the artificial synthesis of urea helped to falsify vitalism. Urea was discovered in urine in the 1720s and was assumed to be a product of the kidneys. At that time it was widely believed that organic compounds in plants and animals could only be made with the help of a “vital principle”.

Urea, also called carbamide, the diamide of carbonic acid. Its formula is H2NCONH2.

Urea (also known as carbamide) is a waste product of many living organisms, and is the major organic component of human urine.

The urine is astringent, sweet, white and sharp. The last is known today as the urine of diabetes mellitus. English physician Thomas Willis noted the same relationship in 1674, reporting that diabetic piss tastes “wonderfully sweet as if it were imbued with honey or sugar.”

Most poop, (especially human poop) tastes a lot like nothing, just like most things extruded from the body (snot, semen.) Foods with high salt and sugar might alter the taste a little. This is, of course, if you can get past the smell.

Your urine smells fruity or sweet. According to Healthline, urine may take on a sweet scent when the body is trying to lower blood sugar by getting rid of excess glucose through the urine.

Sometimes, it’s salty or a bit sour Not cleaning yourself well after urinating may leave behind trace amounts of urine, too, which can also taste salty. A sour taste from excess sweat isn’t unusual, either, and it’s certainly not a sign of anything bad by itself.

One of the weirdest animal mating habits included in the story’s sidebar is a tidbit about giraffes: In order to tell whether a female giraffe is ready for babymaking, a male giraffe will lick her pee — as she’s peeing! — in order to detect the hormones that indicate that she’s ovulating.

Diabetes insipidus is so named because the large volume of urine that is excreted is tasteless, or “insipid,” rather than sweet, as is the case in diabetes mellitus, in which the urine may contain large quantities of glucose.

If you have diabetes, you may notice your pee smells sweet or fruity. This is because the body is trying to get rid of the excess blood sugar and is disposing of glucose through your urine.

Diabetes insipidus is a rare condition that causes your body to make a lot of urine that is “insipid,” or colorless and odorless. Most people pee out 1 to 2 quarts a day.

When blood-sugar levels remain high for too long, many body parts become damaged, including the kidneys. Kidneys regulate glucose in the urine. When they are not working properly, urine may contain large amounts of glucose, which can be attractive to ants.

“While many people have claimed some beers or wines tastes like pee, urine is actually reported by some to taste salty (due to the salts and chemicals being filtered by your kidneys),” claims Urine Colors, a website that helps people analyze what their pee color means.

The alpha and beta acids found in hops, as well as the low concentrations of ethanol in beer, bind to three of these 25 bitter receptors, signaling a strong bitter taste to the brain when you take a sip of lager, Lovelace said. But what makes bitter flavors hard to swallow?

Absolutely. Beer can be incredibly good tasting. The problem that many people have, specifically Americans, is that our diet is really heavily skewed towards sweet and by the time you get to experience beer, you have very little palate for bitters (beer).

One way to make beer taste better is to add any light colored soda. This is what everyone in the alcohol community calls a Shandy, and it makes beer taste better because it makes the beer sweeter without getting rid of the carbonation.