When I was little I loved pickled beets, mom always seemed to have a jar of them in the frig but that was the extent of my knowledge of this amazing superfood.  I am  embarrassed to say that I hadn’t ever seen a beet in it’s original state until a couple of months ago.  After watching “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” I got some beets to juice.  I juiced them a couple times with random other fruits and vegetables, I also baked them and put them on couscous with hummus but never looked into there nutritional value.  Recently I have been purifying and detoxing my body and as always looked to what foods would support this.  Beets are top of the list for cleansing the body along with a lot of other amazing qualities I wanted to share with you.  So heres a list of some of the great things I found.

• Low in Calories
• Cleanses Blood and aids in New Red Blood Cells
• Dissolves Kidney, Liver and Bladder stones
• Found to increase the bodies production of Glutathione which helps the body Detoxify Cancer causing Poisons
• The Beet’s green tops are Rich in Iron 
• Lowers Blood Pressure and Hypertension 
• Lowers Bad Cholesterol and Increases Good 
• Betacyanin which gives the Red Pigment to the beet helps to prevent Cancer Causing Tumors
• Increased Stamina
• Cold Fighter due to it’s High content of  Vit C
• Contains Tryptophan which aids with Mood and Sleep 
• Aphrodisiac, high in Boron which is directly related to the production of Human Sex Hormones 
• Need your B’s eat a Beet
• Weight Loss, the Cleansing of the Blood and Liver help the bad Fat to flush correctly through the Body and not be Stored
• Stomach Acid Stabilizer
• Dietary Fiber and Juice of Beets scrape clean your Artery Walls and prevent development of Varicose Veins
• High fiber helps with Constipation

Not bad for a root you can get at your local grocery store!  I’ve been juicing a beet with some carrots daily and am going to try to keep it up, I would like to see the advantages that these beets have to offer.  I would challenge you try to add this vegetable to your diet cut up in a salad, juiced, boiled and put with couscous or quinoa, or try a borscht.  I haven’t had a lot of experience cooking with beets but plan to try some recipes and post them.  If you find a good one please share so we all can enjoy!