Daily dose of beet juice promotes brain health in older adults

Wake Forest University ^ | November 2, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

When it's from the Nitric Oxide Society, ya gotta believe.

[decimon]

Goes to your head ping.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I love beets. Always have and always will.

[samtheman]

For brain blood flow, you can’t beet it.

[rockinqsranch]

“H” just bein’ regular’ll to that.

[a fool in paradise]

Beatjuice!
Beatjuice!
Beatjuice!

[lormand]

100% of people who have ever ate or drank Beets, have died.

[fwdude]

An old fashioned veggie, but maybe that’s why it’s so healthy.

[Sergio]

Brain health bookmark.

[ChocChipCookie]

This could be very good news for Dwight Schrute.

[Cold Heart]

bacon

[hosepipe]

Fresh pickled beets are sooo much better than canned ones there is no comparison.. tastes completely different...

They are so good I can almost make a meal of them..
As a side dish.. they are gormet good.. even if they were not good for you..

[Drawsing]

The traditional way to serve beets here in the south is pickled...slightly sour, slightly sweet. There has got to be a better way.

[BlueLancer]

I love beef and calf liver ...

I love spinach ...

I absolutely detest beets in any way, shape, or form.

[aruanan]

Geez, just eat lots of bacon and other preserved meats. They have lots of nitrates.

High concentrations of nitrates are found in beets, as well as in celery, cabbage and other leafy green vegetables like spinach and some lettuce. When you eat high-nitrate foods, good bacteria in the mouth turn nitrate into nitrite. Research has found that nitrites can help open up the blood vessels in the body, increasing blood flow and oxygen specifically to places that are lacking oxygen.

Geez, just eat lots of bacon and other preserved meats. They have lots of nitrates.

From some Fear the Bacon site:

Nutritionally speaking, it is high in sodium and has a moderate amount of saturated fat, but the thing you have to watch out for when it comes to bacon is the nitrates (also called nitrites like sodium nitrite). It's a preservative used in processed food to help maintain its color.

Nitrates can be found in bacon, hot dogs, sausages, and cold cuts. The reason they are so bad for us is that when we cook them at high temps, they form Nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic. In the news, nitrite-based preservatives were found to be linked to pancreatic cancer.

Why else are nitrates unhealthy? To find out read more

The high content of nitrites may also contribute to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In COPD, changes occur in your lungs that make it harder to breathe over time.

[decimon]

bacon

Yeah, that came to mind. Are nitrate/nitrite preservatives somehow different?

[decimon]

Post #16 could be right. I guess you could eat the bacon tartare.

[BlueLancer]

Turnips are okay, as are parsnips.

Don't know what it is about beets, except for the taste, I guess. Pickled, fresh ... however. The last time I was forced to eat beets (about 8 years old), I threw up at the table.