eating raw beets....

Sunny_1 · #1 08-12-2008, 01:14 PM

I went out to pull some beets for lunch. To my surprise they looked exactly like radishes so I guess I had planted radish instead of beets. I peeled and ate 3 and that is when I realized they were beets; I had planted the white ones instead of purple as the white are sweeter. Anyhow, after eating 3 raw beets my throat became very sore so I am wondering how safe it is to eat beets raw? I haven't ever heard of it.

ok_nurse · #2 08-12-2008, 01:33 PM

Everything I googled said that grating raw beets for salads is perfectly edible. I'm thinking you'll be fine-just sore from the texture. I'm not aware of anything allergenic in raw beets vs cooked beets or white vs red. Hope you feel better soon. What a surprise.

bhscarlett · #3 08-12-2008, 05:39 PM

"Normally when I ate cooked beets, my stool would be red the next morning. There was not complete digestion, with reference especially to the red coloring matter. But when I ate raw beets, there was no red in the stool the next morning.

It is a known fact that ordinary cooking temperatures kill all the enzymes in foods. But when you eat raw beets, with all their enzymes available to aid in their complete digestion, everything is absorbed and used up in the body.

Now here is an astonishing fact: when I began to take dolomite tablets and would eat cooked beets, with their enzymes destroyed, my stool was not red the next morning. Evidently magnesium either has the property of acting in the place of enzymes, or increases the intestinal flora to such an extent that they could do the job of digestion completely by themselves. The ideal situation would be to eat raw beets and take dolomite tablets. I often eat raw beets in thin slices and find them very palatable."

This article is not mine and i just took an exert from a book about it, its about raw veges and digestion and smells, etc,, i found it interesting and appears they wont hurt you . Beth

Sunny_1 · #4 08-12-2008, 07:40 PM

good article, if anyone knows it should be the professor!
Thanx, ok nurse

Sunny

Sunny_1 · #5 08-12-2008, 07:43 PM

I will grate some up for salad, they are very sweet. It just never occurred to me to grate beets up for salad,,,,,,apples, turnips, carrots, radish, celery, onion but never beets!
And I am pretty sure you are right about the sore throat, it was due pretty much to the texture. Learned a good thing today!