Beet This!

I mean, beat this?  When looking for the ultimate power veggie it’s just hard to beat the beet.  This deep red root is chock full of betacyanin, the red pigment that is absorbed into our blood after eating and helps boost oxygen-carrying ability of our blood by up to 400%.  Not to be shallow, but you know what that means… MUCH better looking skin!  That’s right, eat beets and you’ll be more beautiful.

On top of fighting various cancers and heart disease, this fabulous little root tastes amazing in more than just borscht.  Try beets over salads, hot with melted gorgonzola, thrown into a citrusy smoothie, or just have the juice with your breakfast!  I totally recommend Biotta’s kickass bottled beet juice, because it’s easy, tasty, and relatively low in calories.  Plus, keeping a few bottles chilled in your fridge would be a good idea for company, because it tastes damn good with a litte vodka over ice.

Here are some surprising health benefits of getting down with this colorful root:

• The fiber in red beets help reduced serum cholesterol by 30 to 40%.
• Beets can help in normalizing blood pressure.
• Beets helps to keep the elasticity of arteries, when consumed regularly it can help prevent varicose veins.
• The iron content of red beets, though not high, is of the finest quality that makes it a powerful cleanser and builder of blood. This is the reason why beets is very effective in treating many ailments caused by toxic environment and surrounding.
• Beet root is recommended for pregnant women because it contains folic acid that can help lower the risk of spinabifida and other neural tube defects in newborns.
• Beet juice helps stimulate the function of liver cells and protect the liver and bile ducts. Helllllooooo, binge drinkers.
• Beet juice is highly alkaline which makes it effective in the treatment of acidosis.
• Drinking
  

  beets regularly can help relieve constipation.

• Beet juice and carrot juice when combined is excellent in the healing gout, kidney and gall bladder problem.
• Red beets can also help in the following problems; Headaches, toothaches, dysentery, lumbago, skin problems, menstrual problems, etc.