Two things about beets, and I love beets. The tops are supposed to be very nutritious and I use them in green smoothies. They have a mild flavor that blends well with fruit.
The other thing is I roasted fresh beets and didn’t know that if you take Nexium or another acid reducer, the beet color passes right through. This scared me to death thinking I was passing serious blood....and it was a Friday night. Thank goodness for the Internet.
LOL!
I wanted to mention the...um...INTERESTING effect that beets have on about 15% of the population; but I wasn’t sure how to do it delicately :-)
It has never happened to me with canned beets, but it happened with these fresh beets: Beets can turn everything you evacuate *pink*!
It’s called ‘beeturia’, and is generally not considered dangerous, though it can be a sign in some people of poor iron, low stomach acid, and perhaps some other issues. Here’s some info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeturia
-JT