Why you should eat

and grow beets

Assad Gupta
Professor Bair
Comm-001
Benefits of beetroots

● Beetroots when served in juice improve conditions like type 2 diabetes and
hypertension

(source:The Potential Benefits of Red Beetroot Supplementation in Health and Disease

https://www.mdpi.com/)

● Beetroots are high in antioxidants

( source:Nutritional value and economic feasibility of red beetroot (Beta vulgaris L. ssp.
vulgaris Rote Kugel) from different production systems https://www.researchgate.net/)

● Beetroots are good for your metabolism

(Source:Beetroot juice supplementation reduces whole body oxygen consumption but does not
improve indices of mitochondrial efficiency in human skeletal muscle
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/)
 How to grow beetroots
● Acquire beetroot seeds
● Fertilizer and pesticide
● 12 to 18 diameter containers
● 6-8 Hours of sun each day is preferable for good results
● Put each beet seed 3 inches apart from each other around the container
● Keep well watered
● Harvest in 6-8 months

(source:Growing beets in a containerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJQekmUZDM)

Recipes that Use beet roots

● Beet hummus
● Arugula beet salad
● Beet and blue cheese salad

(source: Favorite Beet Recipes: https://www.acouplecooks.com/beet-recipes/)

Beet fun facts

● There are ten species of beet roots

● Beets are grown during the cooler seasons
● Beets have the highest sugar content of all vegetables
● The leaf of beets can be eaten as well
● There are 43 calories in 100 grams of beets

(source:http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-beets/ )