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Red beet (beta vulgaris) contains iron, copper, zinc, manganese, iodine, pulp, oil, starch, magnesium, potassium, calcium, vitamins A, B1, B5, B6, C, PP, E and folic acid. You can use the leaves and roots and 100 grams of red beet = 37 calories. Red beet used to grow spontaneously on the shores of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, but is now cultivated all over the world for its nutritional and therapeutic qualities. Its leaves are used to treat wounds and the root can help with recovery from illness, can stop the evolution of tumors and can balance blood pressure and the nervous system. The juice of this vegetable is used in folk medicine for thousands of years. The pigment of the plant is very effective in fighting cancer and leukemia. Red beet juice is not toxic and does not decompose in the process of heat, during digestion and it doesn’t lose its properties even after boiling. Minimum dose of pigment is found in one kilogram of beets, from which you can get 200-300 ml of juice. You should drink this amount every day: consumption restores the appetite, reduces the negative effects of radiation treatments and normalizes erythrocyte sedimentation rate.You can also test your health, using beet: drink 100 ml of juice and eat a raw beet salad. Track changes in urine: if it does not change color you do not have serious diseases; if it turns the color of beet juice it is possible you have health problems. Red beet can help with:

Anemia: Its iron content (only garlic contains more iron) can help increase hemoglobin levels. All you have to do is to eat beets: raw, pickled or boiled.Chronic bronchitis: Squeeze the juice from a kilogram of beets and mix it with 1 kg of honey, 500 ml of red wine, a glass of carrot juice and 1 kg of peaches. Put everything in a jar and insert the jar into a bowl of boiling water for 10 minutes. After it cools, keep the mixture in refrigerator and consume 75 grams in the morning on an empty stomach.
Cholesterol deposits: Pour 3 liters of cold water over 1 kg of chopped beets. Add 6-8 leaves of nettle or 2-3 horseradish leaves. Drink 2 glasses every day.
Disbacteriosis (lower level of normal intestinal microflora): Wash beets well and boil them. Let it cool, then clean it and cut it in slices. Weigh the boiled beets! Per one kilogram of beets you need one liter of water, two glasses of apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon of salt and one of sugar, ten black peppercorns, six cloves and two bay leaves. Boil mixture without vinegar that you must add after the mixture cools down. Pour over the sliced beets, put everything into a jar and consume daily.Flu and colds: Mix 300 ml of red beet juice with 200 ml of tomato juice, juice from one lemon, five tablespoons of onion juice, four mint leaves, salt, sugar and black pepper. Remove the mint after two hours and drink a 50 ml, with small sips, between meals.
Gallstone (gallbladder stones): Drink 150 ml of beet syrup four times a day, forty minutes before meals. Boil 1 kg of sliced beets into 2 liters of water until you get a concentrated syrup.
Hypertension: Mix equal parts of beet juice and honey and drink two tablespoons three times a day.
Poisoning with heavy and radioactive metals: Mix equal quantities of beet juice, carrot juice and black radish juice. Put the obtained juice in dark bottles and keep 3 hours in the preheated oven. Take a teaspoon 3 times a day between meals.
Tonsillitis: Gargle with warm water in which you boiled the leaves or beet root. You can also grate a red beet, add 2-3 tablespoons of vinegar and let it soak for 2-3 hours in a jar, stirring from time to time. Remove the beet, add a little honey and gargle with this mixture do every two hours.Weak immunity: Chop 500 grams red beets and 500 grams carrots and pour boiling water over. Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Add one cup of raisins and one cup dried apricots and boil for another 5 minutes. After cooling, add two tablespoons of honey and leave the mixture 12 hours in refrigerator. Eat 100-150 grams three times a day, for a month. The mixture helps invigorate the body after a serious illness.