Here we are – mid-August already… and tomorrow I’m off on my summer holidays for a couple of weeks, so this is the last instalment of Zips It Upuntil September.
We all know that a good holiday works wonders for your mental health, sometimes making you look and feel 10 years younger, but here’s a guy who has an alternative method to achieving the same goals – without the holiday. Someone who drinks his own urine every day, claiming it has ‘cured’ his depression and saying it makes him look 10 years younger. Meet Harry Matadeen, from Hampshire.
The 34-year-old first started drinking his own pee in 2016. He noted in an online interview: ‘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 produce it for free and always keep myself in this happy state”. He drinks a 200ml cup of pee each day, some of it nearly a month old.
Harry described the fluid as an ‘acquired taste’ and added that his more-aged urine tends to have a more ‘refined’ taste.
He added: ‘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.’
A doctor explains that urine is made up of water, ammonia and salts, bacteria and other waste products.
He says “Urine is a waste product that contains about 90% water. There are no known reported health benefits from either drinking or rubbing your own urine onto your body (or anyone else’s urine for that matter). Orally, it is much worse though – it can actually speed up the dehydration process and potentially introduce bacteria. Waste products are waste for a reason.”
When he’s not drinking his own pee, Harry can also be found rubbing it on his face. He says it leaves his skin “young, soft and glowing”. He added: “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.”
If you think that’s nuts, here’s the latest Gen Z craze trending on Tik Tok. Something with the potential to cause lifelong harm. Youngsters are risking permanent disability by dropping miscellaneous items onto their feet.
It is as absurd as it sounds, Gen Z’ers wince online as they drop everything from computer chairs to air fryers onto their toes. They then rate the pain felt on a scale of 1 to 10 in the hope that their videos garner millions of views – despite the risks.
19-year-old Nathan Bolingbroke has 19,000 followers on TikTok, and when he recently got involved in the trend, he generated 3.8 million views and 350,000 likes. He described the experience:
“Part one started with me dropping a teddy bear onto my foot, which scored zero on the pain scale. Then I dropped a hardback book and rated it 3/10. Next was a laptop, which scored a six, and finally, a toaster, both of which were old and lying around the house. The toaster scored an eight and was much closer to the unimaginable pain level.”
Nathan, who lives in Brighton, says it remains his most-viewed video, with over 11,000 people commenting. “I’d estimate 75% found it hilarious, 20% were concerned and calling me stupid, and 5% were just the usual bots you get under every post”, he recalls.
“In hindsight, it seems quite bad, but with the attention and views the trend was gaining, it seemed like a no-brainer in helping to grow my account, which was my ultimate goal.”
And on that weird thought, I’ll leave you to ponder on that and go and catch my plane OUTTA HERE!
In this week’s instalment we look at Mia Regan (Romeo Beckham’s It Girl-Friend) for H&M, Rave Fans and how to style them, plus Boxing Fashion for men.
Happy summer holidays everyone, see you on the other side.
