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8 Health Benefits of Beets

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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...