Many of us have experienced pink pee panic, the horror after seeing an alarming pink or red color staring back from the toilet bowl. Before you freak out assuming you're bleeding to death and dial 911, think back to the foods you may have previously eaten that day.

Did you recently eat beets or drink beet juice? The red or pink color in your urine (and stools) after eating beets can cause much distress and alarm, but the discoloration is a harmless condition called BEETURIA. Yes. It's a thing.