Beetroot is well kept for a long time, so fresh raw beet juice can be used for food all year round. Leaves of beetroot contain almost the same set of nutrients, and root crops. They are also useful as it contains a lot of pectin, which protect the body from the damaging effects of radioactive elements and heavy metals. Pectins prevent them from developing in the gut of harmful microorganisms, are involved in removing cholesterol.
Beet juice is rich in nitrogenous compounds, primarily proteins. Not many vegetables can be compared with beetroots by the presence of amino acids. From betaine (nitrogen compounds) in the human body is formed choline. This substance has properties that prevent fatty liver. Greater role in nerve impulse is derived from the choline substance - acetylcholine. For liver and biliary tract, it is recommended to eat hundred grams of fresh raw beets on empty stomach daily.
The beet juice contains a lot of iron, so it is the most valuable and the best of all the vegetable juices to improve the blood and the formation of red blood cells. Beet juice is especially useful for women, it is recommended to drink it mixed with carrot juice in not less than three cups per day. During menstruation, it is better to drink a glass of beet juice two or three times a day.