Many of us have seen the word FARMACY. This clever play on words has a lot of truth. For centuries people have used plants and herbs for medicinal purposes. Root crops have an abundance of nutritional constituents. Many micronutrients, vitamins and minerals are pulled deep from the soil of root crops. Beets is one of many superfoods. Standard Process uses raw, whole beet in many of their products, some of them aid in detoxification, gall bladder problems, and nutritional deficits.

Beet leaves are often seen in salad mixes and are high in betine, which is an important substance and helps the health of the gall bladder. Raw beets can be used in making salads and slaw. Steaming beets is also commonly done, however cooking beets decreases their medicinal value.Try use organic beets and avoid GMOs.

Here are some great links to read about the value of beets.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=49

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/25/beets-health-benefits.aspx

http://www.fullcircle.com/goodfoodlife/2012/05/10/6-health-benefits-of-eating-beets/