Juicing Raw Beetroot (and carrots, and apples, and lemon...)

Beer vs. Beetroot? Trust me - this stuff is a million times nicer better for you than beer!

You'd be hard pushed to find any as super nutritious as freshly juiced beetroot. We're talking raw beetroot here, green stalks and all - not the boiled vinegary variety that used to appear on my school dinner plate (along with a couple of slices of corned beef and and ice cream scoop of lumpy mash).

All you need to do is juice one beetroot along with a few carrots, apples and an inch or so of lemon and you've got yourself a delicious drink to pour over ice.

A glass of this is going to give you more goodness than most people get in a day. You can almost taste the health oozing out of this stuff, and within 15 minutes of drinking it it will enter your system and start doing you good.

The list of the benefits of the good stuff goes on and on and your fresh beets are full of antioxidants and nutrients, including magnesium, sodium, potassium and vitamin C.

Cyclists taking part in a University of Exeter study who drank a pint of the juice were able to cycle 20% longer than those that drank a placebo of blackcurrant juice. Wikipedia has a really good overview of the effects of beetroot juice.

Here in Scotland I buy my beetroot at Morrisons  which has probably the best fruit and veg section of any supermarket. Remember to go for the fresh stuff - I juice the green stalks too. So get juicing and here's to good health!