How to cook?
Heat-treated beets are becoming less useful. Although we are all accustomed to vinaigrette, herring under a fur coat and beetroot. Some useful substances under the influence of high temperature are destroyed, but not all. And the fiber remains.
The best ways to cook beets are stewing, baking, and steaming. Least of all nutrients remains during traditional cooking in a saucepan.
You can make beetroot juice. But it is better to dilute it with others, for example carrot, and not drink it on an empty stomach – beets strongly irritate the stomach.
Even more than in the root crop itself, nutrients are contained in the tops. It can be added to salads or stewed.
Who shouldn’t eat beets
But there are nuances: complex sugars, which are in raw beets, break down into simpler and more accessible to our body. They are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, and there is a sharp spike in sugar. Therefore, boiled beets are not recommended for people suffering from diabetes.
In addition, beets should not be used for gout and urolithiasis. The root vegetable contains a high concentration of uric and oxalic acids, therefore, with these diagnoses, it will only worsen the state of health.
If a person has diarrhea, then beets will loosen stools.