Austin Chronicle, Nov. 19, 2008 (cover date) A reader asked if there were any health benefits to drinking urine. Dr. Victor S. Sierpina, of UTMB's department of family medicine, recommended against it. He said, "I would presume that the recycling of one's own waste water would soon lead to accelerated fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, rising BUN/creatinine, abnormal osmolality and taste really bad!" The article also quotes Dr. Robert Beach, director of the nephrology and hypertension division at UTMB. He said, "Drinking one's urine will not be beneficial .... In fact, it would hasten one's demise."