Cooking
Beets can be eaten raw, but getting creative with cooking beets is probably the way to go.
They can be added to salad, soup and stir-fry. They can be baked, broiled, cooked and roasted. There are thousands of ideas on the Internet to get beets out of the garden and into your belly.
One warning: Beets will stain clothing and skin when you cook with them. No white shirts!
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On the Market
If you don't have a juicer, there are products on the market that take "make the sausage" on your behalf. Beet It is a company in the United Kingdom that sells beet juice by the bottle, making it with 90 percent beet juice and 10 percent apple juice to tame the flavor.
Beet it also has stamina shots of beet juice and lemon juice for an added boost before your event.
While the effects of a quick jolt of beet juice just before a race isn't proven, studies have shown that drinking beet juice in the days leading up to an event works, and athletes like marathoner Ryan Hall and many Tour de France riders now drink beet juice as a regular part of their diet. The popularity of the natural endurance booster is starting to trickle down.
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