 [ Symptoms ] can my urine be red like blood after eating beets or should i go to the doctor [ Disease ] yep eating a lot of lot of beets can turn your urine red shocking huh if you stop eating them your urine should return to a normal color again if not or if you are having any signs of a urinary tract probleminfection then seeing your medical provider would be appropriate if you eat quite a view beets your urine it will have a red dark orange color especially if you are drinking beet juice your urine will get very reddark orange in some cases brownish in color the intensity of color of course is due to your water intact other foodsliquids like coffee carrots etc the color change lasts about a day or two depending on your water intake and the amount of beets you ate if it is much longer after you had beets i would go to your doctor oh i love beets and a lot of carrots can also cause a similar effect here is an answer for a related question that might help <link>