Vegan, 34, Who Drinks His Own One-Month Old Urine Says His Sister Hates Him For This Nasty Habit

'Open-minded' Harry Matadeen, from Hampshire, is a vegan who drinks his own one-month-old urine and smears it all across his face. However, his sister hates him for his nasty habit.

Harry shares that he bagn drinking his urine in 2016 because he was 'desperate to heal' his mental health problems.

Harry says that after consuming his 200ml of urine, it left him feeling 'a new sense of peace, calm and determination' and cured him almost immediately.

The 34-year-old now not only drinks his urine but also splashes some of it on his face occasionally and claims that it is the 'secret to eternal youth.'

However, the man who has even written books about the benefits of consuming urine has been rejected for his bizarre and disgusting habit. 

The advocates of this habit say that urine that is 90% water is a cure for everything, from autoimmune disorders to chronic pain. 

However, medics are skeptical of these claims and say that there is no proof urophagia has any benefits whatsoever. They say the practice — thought to have originated in ancient Egypt — speeds up dehydration and exposes drinkers to bacteria. 

Some celebrities who have previously claimed to have drunk urine are Madonna and Kesha.

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Harry started this habit some 6 years ago after reading about the innumerable benefits.

He said: 'It was beyond my wildest imaginations how powerful it was when I drank it.

'From the moment I drank the urine, it woke up my brain and removed my depression.

'I felt a new sense of peace, calm and determination. I thought "wow I can make it for free and always keep myself in this happy state".'

He has previously wrongly claimed drinking urine can reduce the risk of developing cancer, Alzheimer's, dementia, heart disease and strokes. 

Despite his claims of health benefits, Harry has received fierce backlash from family members and friends.

He said: 'My family never approved of it and thought it disgusting from the beginning.

'My sister doesn't speak to me and one reason is my partaking in urine therapy.

'I've chosen all of my friends now and all of them either do aged fresh urine therapy or approve of it.

'If they didn't I wouldn't have them as friends – simple as that.'

The vegan man drinks 200ml of mostly his one-month old urine every day, which he tops up with fresh urine, and 'not much else'.

He eats one meal a day and follows an intermittent fasting diet.

He said: 'Fresh urine is never as bad as you imagine – it is neutral smelling and not a bad taste unless you are really toxic.

'But the aged urine is always smelly and the taste is a refined and acquired one. I'll just say it takes some getting used to.

'I actually like the smell and taste of my aged urine now, due to neuro-association of what benefits and joy it gives me after I take it into my system.'

Not only this but he rubs urine on his body which he believes is the secret behind him looking a decade younger and is the key to 'eternal youth'. 

He said: 'Urine has made me look a lot younger. 

'Drinking the aged urine has revitalised my face to its youthful years and when I rub it on my face, the difference is instant and obvious.

'My skin is young, soft and glowing. Aged urine is the best food for the skin that I have found to date.

'When you rub it on, it softens the skin and keeps it youthful and elastic. I don't use any other skincare other than urine. It's the secret to eternal youth.

'Sometimes when I'm in the urinals and no one is watching I will cup my hand and splash the fresh urine I am excreting on my face and rub it in.

'Urine therapy has changed my life.'

Dr Jeff Foster, a GP in Warwickshire, said: 'Urine is a waste product that contains about 90 per cent water. 

'The rest is ammonia and salts, some bacteria and other waste products.

'There are no known reported health benefits from either drinking or rubbing your own urine onto your body (or anyone else's urine).

'Orally, it is much worse – it can actually speed up the dehydration process and potentially introduce bacteria.

'Bottom line is if you would not eat or rub in your own faeces, then don't think applying the same principle with urine is any healthier.

'Waste products are waste for a reason.'