Beets are a food to love as they are both nutritious and delicious - they are a hearty vegetable high in nutrients and low in calories and fat. Beets contains large amounts of soluble and insoluble fibers. These colorful root vegetables help fight heart disease, birth defects and certain cancers, especially colon cancer.
Beets are also rich in folic acid, calcium and iron. Seems like they are made for us women? These important vitamins are critical to lifelong health for men and children as well because deficiencies in folic acid have been linked to heart disease and cervical cancer.
So as summer approaches an easy beet salad makes a perfect appetizer or side dish. Check out this amazing recipe offered at Epicurious.com.
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