Step 1 : Introduction to the question "6. Betty Sue comes into the lab complaining of red urine. She and her husband Billy Joe ate beets for dinner, but her husband claims his urine is normal. How can this be?"
...1. Betty Sue is genetically susceptible to red urine from beets 2. Betty Sue was imagining things 3. Billy Joe played a silly practical joke 4. The urine color was confused with rust in the toilet Beets ingestion can cause red urine in those individuals genetically susceptible. Also, blackberries can cause a red color in acidic urine.
