Beet Juice and Green Juice

The first juice is:
Beets. That’s it. Beets.

Beet juice alone is very nice. Sweet, earthy taste. It doesn’t make a lot of juice – I used the whole container of beets. The color is lovely. The juicer did a good job on all the hard veggies. As I was typing this, I wanted to learn about the health benefits of beet juice.

Benefits of Beet Juice https://www.spchiro.net/dr-perlsteins-blog/the-benefits-of-beet-juice/
This paragraph in particular caught my eye. Are There Any Side Effects to Drinking Beet Juice? The dark carotenes of beet juice may give your urine and bowel movements a red color. This color change is harmless. Since beets are high in oxalates, people who tend to make oxalate kidney stones may want to avoid beet juice. I knew about the color change – I found that out the hard way, lol. What I didn’t know what about beets being high in oxalates. I have had kidney stones once years ago. It was ridiculously painful. By the time I was called in to see the doctor, they told me I didn’t have any stones. I waited 7 hours in a lot of pain for them to tell me that. I can tell you where the stones went, but I digress. I’ve had them once and all I knew was that it could happen again.

The second juice I made today was 5 romaine leaves, 1 green pepper and 1 cucumber. This juice is very smooth and a bit watery.

Before and After

The coffee mug is approx 4 1/2″ wide and 4″ tall – it is bigger than the average size mug.

I have mixed the two juices just so I’m not overloaded on beet juice and combined they are very tasty.

Read more about beet juice benefits
Juicing For Health https://juicing-for-health.com/health-benefits-of-beets

Beetroot 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/beetroot

DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor, nutritionist, health professional. Check with your health care professional on what works for you.

This is my Day 1 of 31 Days of Juicing. It is part of the #write31days challenge. See below to see all the posts in this series.