If you want to lose weight and improve your blood, add beets to your daily menu.

Beetroot is a plant originating from the Mediterranean and imported into our country. It is now widely grown in Da Lat and other provinces and is sold in markets. Beetroot is red because it contains betanidin.

Beetroot is often stir-fried, cooked with meat soup, stewed with bones, made into soup, or blended for drinking. It can also be dried and used in powder form for gradual consumption.

According to modern pharmacology, beetroot is rich in vitamins A, B, C, PP, K. It is very rich in minerals (second only to yeast) Mg, P, Can Fe, Cu, Br, Zn and amino acids. These are all nutrients that are very beneficial for the body.

According to traditional medicine, beetroot has a sweet, slightly bitter taste and a cold nature. It has the effect of cooling the blood, improving appetite, calming the nerves, etc. It cures headaches due to heat, insomnia, anemia, constipation, dysentery, bloody stools, etc. It is also a good medicine for people who are restless, have trouble sleeping, and are overweight or obese.

Medicinal dishes from beetroot

Lose weight, good for obese people: Drink beetroot juice or add beetroot to your daily menu.

Cure dysentery, bloody stools: Crush beetroot, squeeze the juice and give to drink.

Treat chronic constipation: Drink beetroot juice regularly.

Cure high fever, dry mouth, constipation, yellow urine: 100-150g each of beetroot and mung bean. Boil in water and drink 2-3 times a day.

Support treatment of anemia, low blood pressure: 300g pork bones, 2 delicious beets, 1 carrot, 2 potatoes, fresh onions, chili, enough spices. Stew and eat.

Recent documents also show that beetroot is nutritious, helps you eat well and sleep better. In addition, it also prevents and treats neuritis, tuberculosis, cancer...

Note:

Beetroot is sweet and cold, diabetics should not eat too much.

People with cold constitution are prone to diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome should not drink beetroot juice, it can cause stomach ache.

Beets contain high levels of oxalate. People with a history of oxalate kidney stones should limit their intake of beets or beetroot juice.

According to Health and Life