The Vege-Tate Gallery | Cherie Roe Dirksen

My local supermarket started stocking organic vegetable juice recently. I took the plunge and bought their beetroot and carrot juices (separately). I have experienced carrot juice before and it is fairly innocuous — especially when mixed with orange juice.

Beetroot, however, is pungent and, although I don’t mnd the taste, it can be rather invasive smell-wise, stain-wise, urine-wise (you’ll know what I mean if you eat beetroot!).

So what keeps me buying these juices every week and literally has me force-feeding my husband, who is vegetable intolerant, with a funnel?

I looked up the health benefits of both. Let me start with beetroot. If I haven’t got you galvanized, by the end of this blog, to shoot off down to your local grocers then I need throw in the towel.

Beetroot Benefits:

Anti-aging properties
Fights cancer
Improves digestion and metabolism
Stimulates weight loss
Detoxes the liver
Helps with Glandular Fever
Boosts the immune system
Stimulates brain function
Radiation protection

Footnote: If you are not accustomed to eating or drinking beet, be warned that your excretions — both no.1 or 2 — could be tinged red due to the colouration of this vivacious veg.

For a more detailed article on beetroot, please CLICK HERE

Carrot Wise:

Lowers the risk of cancer
Improves vision (so Bugs Bunny was right!)
Prevents heart disease
Reduces the risk of having a stroke
Anti-aging properties
Helps with skin tone

To read more about carrots, CLICK HERE

I hope I have convinced you to add a glass of these super juices to your daily diet. And on that note, here are your free e-card downloads for this week. I thought I could inject some humour into this juicy subject with an ‘I’m sorry’ card and a ‘Birthday’ card:

To download: Click on the picture, then right-click and ‘save as’