Urine egg

: local dietary practices, safe foods not recognized by modern science.

• Practice: soak the egg in the boy's urine and boil it for a long time until the urine evaporates and the eggshell turns yellow.

• Cultural status in Dongyang is listed as an "intangible cultural heritage" (as a folklore phenomenon recorded), but non-promoted recipe. Important health tips
  

1. No scientific benefit

   • modern medicine has confirmed that urine is the body's metabolic waste (including urea, creatinine, salt, etc.), no special nutritional value.

   • the so-called "reducing fire" and "nourishing" belong to folk experience and lack of clinical research support.

2. There are security risks

   • Hygiene: Urine may carry bacteria, viruses (such as urinary tract infection pathogens), or drug residues (if children are taking drugs).

   • Boiling does not completely remove the risk: high temperatures kill some microorganisms, but do not remove chemical waste or metabolic toxins.

3. international attitude

   • the World Health Organization (WHO) and national food safety agencies have never approved urine for food use.

   • the mainstream medical community regards it as a high-risk behavior, especially for children, pregnant women, and people with low immunity.