Beet Max Super Power

1. Lowers Blood Pressure

Studies have found that blood pressure can be lowered by 4-10 mmHg a few hours after eating beetroot; beetroot has a greater effect on lowering systolic blood pressure than diastolic blood pressure; and raw beetroot has a higher blood pressure lowering effect than cooked beetroot. Beetroot is rich in nutrients such as dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals, which help lower cholesterol and fat levels in the blood, thereby improving cardiovascular function and reducing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

2. Improves Athletic Performance

A study found that after taking 500 ml of beetroot juice every day for 6 consecutive days, the time participants could persist in high-intensity exercise until exhaustion was extended by 15%-25%. Other studies have found that continuous consumption of beetroot juice can improve the performance of cyclists.

3. Anti-inflammatory

Experiments on rats have shown that beetroot juice and beetroot extract help reduce kidney inflammation in rats with renal injury models. Human studies have also found that taking beetroot extract capsules can help relieve pain and discomfort in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

4. Improve digestion

Beetroot is rich in dietary fiber, which has prebiotic properties and can promote the proliferation of beneficial intestinal microorganisms, enhance intestinal barrier function, promote digestive tract health, and prevent intestinal inflammation.

5. Promote toxin excretion

The liver, kidneys, and intestines are the three major detoxification organs of the human body. The bioactive ingredients in beetroot can reduce the oxidative stress of these three organs, reduce the level of inflammation, and enhance the detoxification function.

6. Promote brain health

The nitrates in beetroot help dilate blood vessels and increase blood and oxygen supply in the brain; the antioxidants in beetroot can reduce oxidative stress, thereby improving brain health and delaying brain function decline. Studies have found that beetroot can improve the blood supply to the frontal lobe of the brain, and the frontal lobe is the area in the human brain responsible for higher neural activity. The function of humans to remember the current situation and make corresponding decisions based on it is responsible for this brain area. Other studies have found that after diabetic patients drank 250 ml of beetroot juice or placebo every day for 2 weeks, the reaction time of the beetroot juice group to specific cognitive tasks was 4% shorter than that of the placebo group, suggesting that beetroot juice has an improving effect on cognitive function.

7. Anti-cancer

Animal experiments have found that beetroot extract can inhibit the differentiation and proliferation of cancer cells. Human cell experiments have shown that beetroot extract can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells and breast cancer cells. However, there is currently a lack of direct research on human cancer patients.

8. Helps with weight loss

Beetroot is a low-calorie, high-nutrient-density food that can be used to control weight. The protein and dietary fiber in beetroot can also help increase or decrease satiety, which can help people control their food intake and avoid eating too much.

9. Improve diabetes

Although beetroot tastes sweet, it is a low-glycemic load index food (low GL value) and will not cause blood sugar to soar when eaten as a vegetable. And beetroot contains a special antioxidant active substance - alpha lipoic acid, which can lower blood sugar levels and increase insulin sensitivity.

10. Improve sexual function

The antihypertensive effect of beetroot can not only improve systemic blood pressure, but also lower blood pressure in sexual organs, increase blood flow to sexual organs, improve male erectile dysfunction, and enhance female sexual function.

11. Improve anemia

Beetroot is one of the fruits and vegetables with the highest iron content. 100 grams of beetroot can meet 4% of a person's daily iron needs, which is much higher than those red fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes and watermelons. It is a good choice for iron supplementation for people with iron deficiency anemia or vegetarians.

12. Good for the health of pregnant women and fetuses

The fetal spinal cord development requires sufficient folic acid, so women will increase their folic acid intake during pregnancy to meet the physical needs of mother and child. The rich folic acid content makes beetroot one of the good sources of folic acid for pregnant women.

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