IntroductionIn recent years scientists have shown more intrest in Beetroot. It's also known as ( Beta Vulgaris Rubra ).
Beetroot is one of the greatest source of nitrate. It is now widely available in many countries around the world.
It's also used as food colouring agent.
Beetroot is a great source of phytochemicals compounds, adobiac acid phenolic acid, flavonoids and carotenoids are all phytochemicals can be found in beetroot.
Nutritional Quantity
Phytochemical compounds, hundred gram of beetroot contains steroids (16.4 mg), flavonoids (6.15 mg), alkaloids (128.8 mg), glycosides (0.652 mg), terpenoids (115.5 mg), beta carotene (11.64 mg) and, saponins (3.789mg).
It also contains vitamins such as Vitamin A (2.6 MCG), Vitamin C (4.36 mg), Vitamin K ( 3.2 MCG), Vitamin B2 (0.034 mg), Vitamin B3 (0.02 mg), Vitamin E (0.18), and iron (0.18 mg), pentothenic acid (0.151 mg), potassium (20 mg).
Benefits Of Beetroot
1). Antioxidential Benefits
Antioxidant nutrients are found in vegetables and fruits, they are very important for maintaining human body and health.
Antioxidant also utilizes the negative effects of oxidative stress.
For those who don't know, oxidative stress happens due to the imbalance between production and formation of reactive oxygen species.
Neurodegenerative disease, myocardial infarction, and aging are all disease which involved oxidative stress.
Beetroot is among the top antioxidant vegetables, its antioxidant activity is higher than activity of grapes apple peel carrot peeled and light grapes.
2). Chemopreventive Of Cancer
Beetroot contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory property.
Beetroot phytochemicals gives and anti- proliferative effects in bladder, liver, colon and breast cancer call lines.
The cytotoxic beetroots extract is compaired to Adriyamicin found in the human breast and prostate call lines of cancer.
3). Beneficial For Gastrointestinal System
Beetroot affects almost all organs related to digestive health.
Pectin, arabinose polymers and cellulose are all beet fibres which helps in weight loss.
Red beetroot also help intestinal exertion of cholesterol.
4). Improves Cardiovascular Health
Red beetroot juice's consumption lead to reduction in blood pressure.
This information was published 30 years ago.
This properties related to nitrates which are present in beetroot, nitrates are also present in lettuce, celery, spinach and radishes.
Niterites basically have cardioprotective and ergogenic properties.
With the help of nitrites your body produce nitric oxide through a chain reaction.
Nitric oxide form in your body plays an important role in healing wounds, asthma, host defence, blood flow, pineal erection etc.
5). Improves Iron Metabolism
Beetroot provide many benefits to the human body and also improve iron metabolism.
Iron is one of the important needs for human to survive, we consume it in our diet regularly.
Deficiency of iron results in (IDA) which is Iron Deficiency Anaemia. This problem arises when patients don't consume less iron in their diets.
Some iron deficiency problems are genetic too.
Deficiency of iron results in disability or death, and beetroot helps in improving iron metabolism, indirectly.
Bottom Line
Beetroot should be considered and superfoods. It provides so many health benefits that even many superfoods cant.
Beet juice is better than eating beets, because beet juice will give you more nitrate then eating.
Beet juice is red in colour and it may change your urine's colour into red for sometime, Which is completely normal.
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