Beet Borscht: An Extremely Effective Liver Cleanser

'When a region of the country is named after a food recipe, it must have great significance. Borscht was such an important part of the diet of an entire culture that they brought it from the old country and kept it alive in their new home. But why?


Because beets are an extremely effective food for detoxifying the liver. And borscht is a great way to receive these detox benefits in a highly nutritional stew. Borscht has been highly valued as an essential meal for those who recognized its capacity to produce positive effects on the digestive process that no other foods could produce.'

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Can Beets & Co. Boost Aging Brains?

 

 Study finds that nitrate-rich foods increase blood flow to key areas of the brain in older adults

'Vegetable-rich diets are linked to lower risk of hypertension and dementia.

While the vitamins, minerals, and polyphenols in veggies probably help, new studies in brain health suggest an overlooked reason – nitrates – for these benefits.

The words “nitrite” and “nitrate” typically evoke thoughts of hot dogs, baloney, and cancer risk.

Processed red meats are often preserved with nitrites … and/or with nitrates, which bacteria in the human body convert to nitrites.'

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Make Your Own Pickled Beets

Source: Straight From the Farm

'But while the rest of the city was running rabid to the store last night, desperately nabbing food to get them through the weekend of snow drifts, I was able to just walk down the steps to my basement and look over my shelves of preserved goodies that have been such a treat over this entire winter: pears, peaches, beans, jams, and pickled beets. That’s right…pickled beets. Ever had such a thing?'

'I suspect pickled beets are a culinary colloquialism, part of my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, but I could be wrong. All I really know is that I love them, though that wasn’t always the case. When I was a girl, my mom would make large batches of jars full of bright pink chunks of pickled beets, and it was my job to cart them down the narrow stairs to our root cellar to fill the cupboards there. I’m not sure if it was resentment for all the lugging or just the underdeveloped tastes of a kid, but pickled beets equaled “yuck!” in my young mind. Oddly enough, I don’t think we ever ate fresh beets, roasted or otherwise, when I was growing up.'

Note: For healthier beets: Substitute Sucanat for sugar. And use raw, apple cider vinegar instead of distilled, white vinegar.

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Do You Know About the Health Benefits of Beets?

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What You Should Know About Beets

'Beets, being round roots are said to have a downward energy, affecting the lower organs and especially benefiting the colon, kidneys, bladder, spleen and liver. Beets have long been used therapeutically to improve anemia as they help to build red corpuscles. The red pigment known as betaine helps to increase oxygen intake of the body. Beets are said to be both blood cleansing and blood building.

Other ailments that have been improved by the use of beets include constipation, infectious hepatitis, irregular menses, acne, lumbago, and low blood sugar. In the 1950's a Hungarian, Dr. Alexander Forenczi used large amounts of beets in treating patients with cancerous tumors. It was considered very successful. His research was published in the July 1986 International Clinical Nutrition Review.'

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