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If you can't eat them, then forget about them. Not everybody can tolerate the taste, but they don't particularly bother me.
Beets are some of the healthiest -- and health-correcting -- foods you can consume.
Among various vitamins and minerals contained in beets, it's a major source of Nitric oxide, a blood gas which relaxes and dilates your blood passageways, making it an effective treatment for eyes, heart and blood flow purposes. (Nitric oxide is the chemical in Viagra, by the way -- ahem -- although that's a synthetic version).
Interestingly, beets are also good for blood sugar issues. Yes, it's a comparatively sweet vegetable, and although it's in the moderate range on the glycemic index, it's very low in terms of glycemic load (which is the count that really matters). And recall that there are certain fruits -- blueberries, raspberries and blackberries -- that are actually good for diabetes (as long as you don't eat too many).
Beet juice is often recommended, but the problem there is that the fiber is removed, as is the case with most fruit and vegetable juices, which can push the blood sugar up -- at least potentially. But whole beets, even out of the can or the jar (as long as there's no added sugar) obviously does have the fiber present, and it barely affects blood sugar at all.
One of the benefits of eating a couple of bites of beets -- on an empty stomach two or three times a day, including just before you go to bed -- is that it sits in the gut so it's properly absorbed, and even has a pronounced appetite suppression effect. (And anything that suppresses your appetite also raises your metabolism. Which means your blood glucose and insulin levels are under greater control).
All of which are good for weight management and healthy food selection, let alone diabetes and just general good health.
Beets are some of the healthiest -- and health-correcting -- foods you can consume.
Among various vitamins and minerals contained in beets, it's a major source of Nitric oxide, a blood gas which relaxes and dilates your blood passageways, making it an effective treatment for eyes, heart and blood flow purposes. (Nitric oxide is the chemical in Viagra, by the way -- ahem -- although that's a synthetic version).
Interestingly, beets are also good for blood sugar issues. Yes, it's a comparatively sweet vegetable, and although it's in the moderate range on the glycemic index, it's very low in terms of glycemic load (which is the count that really matters). And recall that there are certain fruits -- blueberries, raspberries and blackberries -- that are actually good for diabetes (as long as you don't eat too many).
Beet juice is often recommended, but the problem there is that the fiber is removed, as is the case with most fruit and vegetable juices, which can push the blood sugar up -- at least potentially. But whole beets, even out of the can or the jar (as long as there's no added sugar) obviously does have the fiber present, and it barely affects blood sugar at all.
One of the benefits of eating a couple of bites of beets -- on an empty stomach two or three times a day, including just before you go to bed -- is that it sits in the gut so it's properly absorbed, and even has a pronounced appetite suppression effect. (And anything that suppresses your appetite also raises your metabolism. Which means your blood glucose and insulin levels are under greater control).
All of which are good for weight management and healthy food selection, let alone diabetes and just general good health.
