Beetroot is a plant with red roots and heart-shaped leaves. Generally the tuber is consumed but the leaves can also be used. The properties of beetroot are many: it contains vitamins A and C and vitamins of group B including the important folic acid, useful for pregnancy, and important mineral salts including iron, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. It is also rich in flavonoids, in particular anthocyanins which are water-soluble pigments able to fight free radicals
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La beet is a plant with red roots and heart-shaped leaves. Generally the tuber is consumed but the leaves can also be used. The properties of beetroot are many: it contains vitamin A and C and B vitamins including the important folic acid, useful for pregnancy, and important mineral salts including iron, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. It is also rich in flavonoids, in particular of anthocyanins which are water-soluble pigments able to fight free radicals.
10 GOOD REASONS FOR WELL-BEING, EVEN MORE
Thanks to its nutritional richness, here are 10 reasons why we suggest you introduce live beet juice into your diet. Remember to buy the raw tuber, as on the market it is more common to find it steamed or boiled.
1. IS depurative liver and gallbladder
2. IS dietary since it has very few calories
3. Stimulates the lymphatic system
4. Gets better circulation, preventing cardiovascular disorders and helping to rebuild red blood cells (cit. Norman Walker)
5. Lower blood pressure, a property verified by an American Heart Association study published in the journal Hypertension
6. He is a powerful one antioxidant thanks to the presence of flavonoids
7. It has properties remineralizing and it helps in the convalescence phases
8. It has diuretic properties
9. It is useful in the states of anemia, menstrual disorders and menopause as it promotes the absorption of iron, especially when combined with lemon juice
10. Improves physical performance proving to be excellent for those who perform sport activity
Since beetroot juice also has a stimulating effect on gastric juices it is not recommended for those suffering from gastritis. Norman Walker's well-known book, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices, devotes ample space to benefits and to therapeutic properties beetroot juice pure or in combination with other vegetables. The advice is to start gradually, both in terms of quantity, and avoiding drinking beet juice alone, to be able to verify the body's reactions to the purifying properties and any allergies that could generate annoying effects.
Pure beetroot juice is a very strong purifier. Generally the tuber is consumed but the leaves can also be used.
JUICY BEET RECIPES
Get the raw material and proceed with the preparation of your healthy live and red beetroot juice using a extractor.
Pure beet juice is a depurative very strong. If you are experimenting with pure extracted juice, we suggest you add some lemon for the correct assimilation of iron and in any case to start the purification with beet juice, starting from no more than one glass a day to get the body accustomed to the purification. The best solution to start is to combine the beet juice with an equivalent amount of carrot juice, orange or black, which balances its properties and makes it nutritionally optimal for the reconstruction of red blood cells. Beetroot juice combined with apple and ginger is an excellent bowel balancer
BEET, APPLE AND GINGER JUICE
Beetroot juice combined with apple and at the ginger it is an excellent intestinal balancer, remineralizing and purifying. Particularly recommended for moments of weakness, asthenia and convalescence. The recommended recipe is 2/3 of beetroot and 1/3 of apple, combined with a large or small piece of peeled ginger according to your taste.
