If Betaine HCL is derived from Beets...

[Ellie-Louise]

Would eating beetroot with meals help with digestion?

I was just curious after reading something in an article about it. 🤔

[diogenes Remembering]

I wouldn't think the concentration of betaine in beetroot itself is high enough to have an effect. You would have to eat kilograms of beetroot to have a discernible effect and I suspect a kilogram of beetroot will upset you more than any betaine benefit.

[ShinyB]

I suspect you'd turn purple if you ate enough beets to match what's in Betaine Hcl

[Ellie-Louise in reply to ShinyB]

😂

[BootsOn in reply to ShinyB]

And if you did turn purple, you would have to watch out for the Purple People Eater...

youtube.com/watch?v=Rx47qrH...(Not working as expected?)

(Isn't it funny what the brain dredges up from your childhood?)

[ShinyB in reply to BootsOn]

hahaha! So glad someone else's brain does that! I'm seeing Violet Beauregarde turning purple in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory!

[Ellie-Louise in reply to BootsOn]

Now if you were to ask me about that I would tell you that I had never heard it before, I certainly can’t bring purple people eaters to mind.

However, the sound of that music is dredging something up from somewhere distant. I wonder if it was when I was very small?

[BootsOn in reply to Ellie-Louise]

I think it was released in 1958

[Ellie-Louise in reply to BootsOn]

Oh, I was 11 then so I must have heard it. Hmmm!

[Angel_of_the_North]

Beetroot is supposed to help with the liver, though.

[Ellie-Louise in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

My mom used to say it was good for the blood.

[Stourie in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Is that pickled or not? Jo xx

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Stourie]

Our beetroot was always boiled and served with butter

[Ellie-Louise in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

My husband likes pickled beetroot, I prefer the raw ones you cook yourself.