8 Health Benefits of Beets
Beets, these ruby red root vegetables provide so much nutritional benefits! Who doesn't love the deep red color that beets provide. Beets include the following 1. Betacyanin Betacyanin is a type of pigment that ranges from dark red to purple. Betacyanin is being studied for it's anticancer and tumor fighting effects. It's also a powerful antioxidant that increases the bodies immunity against different aliments. Beet juice is a great way to build immunity. 2. Betaine Betaine is being studied from its ability to lower homo-cysteine levels, homo-cysteine is related to heart disease. 3. Fiber Beet juice and beets have soluble fiber. This is my favourite type of fiber because soluble fiber delays the emptying of your stomach which could help control weight gain. Soluble fiber also is capable of lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol. 4. Folate Beets are packed with folate (provides 34% of the Daily...