What are the health benefits of beetroot?
I have a thing for beetroot...well is not tiramisu but I do love the beet.
One cup of raw beets contains 58 calories, 13 grams of carbohydrate (including 9 grams of sugar and 4 grams of fiber) and 2 grams of protein. It provides 1% of daily vitamin A needs, 2% of calcium, 11% of vitamin C and 6% of iron.
Beetroot is a rich source of folate and manganese and also contains thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin B-6, pantothenic acid, choline, betaine, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and selenium.
Beets are high in dietary nitrate, which is believed to be the reason why many of the potential health benefits of beetroot are being studied.
Beetroot juice supplementation has been shown to improve muscle oxygenation during exercise, suggesting that increased dietary nitrate intake has the potential to enhance exercise tolerance during long-term endurance exercise. Quality of life for those with cardiovascular, respiratory, or metabolic diseases, who find the activities of daily living physically difficult because of lack of oxygenation, could be improved.
Beetroot juice improved performance by 2.8% (11 seconds) in a 4-km bicycle time trial and by 2.7% (45 seconds) in 16.1-km time trial.
Study:
http://news.psu.edu/story/341148/2015/01/19/research/beet-or-not-beet-researchers-test-theories-beet-juice-benefits
Article:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/ingredient-focus-beetroot
Know more:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277432.php
Image...well my lunch ;)
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I love beets so much, I've peed red before...
ReplyDeleteHa...you're always funny duane attaway :P
ReplyDeleteNumber 2 is more alarming when you eat too much beets. I like beets as well.
ReplyDeleteWell too much of anything is bad...except tiramisu of course ;D
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously considering raiding the salad bar across the street for a beet binge. Too bad watermelon doesn't make me pee red...
ReplyDeleteduane attaway this happened to me while in primary school, I had beets on my lunch pack every day. magenta is the name of the color btw, and a key color for the printing industry.
ReplyDeleteI think you may like this, since it has berries too: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12355-mixed-berry-and-beet-smoothie
ReplyDeleteduane attaway -- years ago I used to ride horses. I had a horse crash: thrown forwards during a series of jumps, the horse kicked me, tripped, and partially landed on me, then stepped on me as he was getting up again. Hurt all over, but I thought maybe I would recover on my own. A couple hours later, when I could sort of walk, I went to the bathroom. Bright red, like fresh blood. I thought I was dying. Then I remembered I'd had a bunch of beets for dinner the night before. But, man, what an awful feeling that was for a second.
ReplyDeletebeet is supposed to be a vaso-dilator, too.. something to do with nitric oxide?
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, one minister added that HIV patients should add intake of this vege and hues what she was called all names and how stupid she was but this was a qualified nurse.
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