BEETS
January 10th, 2012 → 1:10 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food”
BEETS
These days when we talk about beets, it is usually the `beetroot vegetable` we are talking about, the red bulbous veggie seen above. There are many, many more beets around the world and one of them is the sugar beet from the northern hemisphere, where sugar is extracted from them. In warmer climates sugar is made from the sugar cane and we grow heaps of that in Australia. Pity we have to eat it, it would be better turned into fuel for cars.
Cooking beets reduces the folates, B9 vitamin, so grated and eaten raw is the way to go.
Vitamins: B9, C, B6, B2, B6, B3, B1, a little A.
Minerals: Manganese, Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, Copper, Zinc.
Beetroot juice is a good healthy drink, as long as we always dilute our juices with alkaline water for optimum uptake and at least 50% water A little cucumber added makes it a sweet drink.
Have fun! I am, doing this.
