Great taste, great price.
Good ingredients which are important to me when I saw them I had to double check what was organic and not. For the price of this you have to make sure that the beets are not gmo. Taste is a little earthy but it’s sweet enough to be pleasant.<br /><br />Beet Back Infections<br /><br />Consider that beets 'live' in the dirt, a place full of microbes which love a free meal. This means that nature has equipped the plant with natural defenses. No wonder that beet has been found to fight off the following infectious organisms:<br /><br />Beet pectin has been found to inhibit the synthesis of types A and B staphylococcal enterotoxins.[iv]<br />Beet extract has been found to reduce influenza A infectivity and lethality.[v]<br />Beet root has been found capable of inhibiting Epstein-Barr virus associated tumor formation.[vi]<br />Undoubtedly, future research will find beet to have a wider range of antimicrobial applications. But beet's powers don't end there. Other already researched properties include:<br /><br />Liver Damage: A 2006 study found that beet root has significant dose-dependent liver-protective properties against the chemical carbontetrachloride.[vii] More recently, research has found that it also protects against N-nitrosodiethylamine associated liver damage.[viii]<br />Cardiovascular Disease: While the "LDL cholesterol is bad" myth is almost imbecilic in its simplicity, those looking for ways to modulate the lipid ratio naturally in favor of the medical establishment's largely drug-company drafted lipid guidelines can rest assured that beet can help. A 2000 study found beet fiber was capable of simultaneously increasing HDL and lowering LDL levels; perhaps far more impressive, the study also found close to a 30% reduction in cholesterol plaque accumulation in the aorta of those animals fed beet fiber.[ix]<br />Radiation Exposure: Compounds found in beets known as betalains have been found to reduce toxicity associated with gamma radiation exposure.[x]<br />Cancer: Beetroot juice has been found to reduce adverse effects caused by DMBA, a chemical associated with mammary cancer risk.[xi] Beetroot has also been found to exhibit anti-cancer properties in prostate cancer cell lines at toxicity levels far lower than chemo-agents such as doxorubicin.[xii]<br />Beets, of course, have basic nutritional gifts to offer in addition to their aforementioned medicinal properties. They contain exceptionally high levels of folate at 148 mcg or 37% the Daily Value in just a one cup serving. They also sport an impressive 6.7 mg or 11% Daily Value of vitamin C, keeping in mind that vitamin C activity expressed through food its very different that isolate, semi-synthetic ascorbic acid; in other words, that 6.7 mg is worth far more than the story of molecular weight alone can tell. Another way to understand this is if you take a nutrient out of its natural context as a whole food, it behaves less like a nutrient and more like a chemical. For more information consult contributing writer Dr. Vic Shayne's excellent book: Whole Food Nutrition: The Missing Link in Vitamin Therapy.<br /><br />For a full list of beet's nutritional components visit Nutritiondata.com's page on beets here. For a full list of beet's therapeutic properties on GreenMedinfo.com visit our Beet Health Benefits page. Finally, for those looking for beet recipes visit the FoodNetwork's page on the topic, remembering to substitute organic versions of the ingredients listed whenever possible.
