{"id":3660,"date":"2012-10-25T05:03:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T11:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2012-10-27T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T01:20:37","slug":"beetiful-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3660","title":{"rendered":"Beetiful Blood Juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3664\" title=\"Beet Juice\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-510x395.jpg\" alt=\"Beet Juice\" width=\"510\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-510x395.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love learning what different fruits and veggies do for you, so when I found out some of the things that make beets so great I just had to share them with you (and a recipe!)<!--more-->.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, it&#8217;s Halloween just around the corner and this &#8220;Blood&#8221; juice would make a fabulously healthy way to start the day! Especially if you&#8217;re planning on eating junk food later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s some great reasons why we should eat (or drink) beets :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They have cancer inhibiting properties<\/li>\n<li>That beautiful red colour is from a power anti-cancer inhibitor called betacyanin<\/li>\n<li>Increases white blood cells (our fighting cells)<\/li>\n<li>They are a great source of calcium<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a blood purifier and detoxifier<\/li>\n<li>Promotes healthy, clear skin<\/li>\n<li>Good source of vitamin A, B6, and C<\/li>\n<li>Contains other fabulous nutrients such as iron, potassium, choline, folate, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and tryptophan<\/li>\n<li>Good for treating anemia, poor circulation and exhaustion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sounds pretty good to me!<\/p>\n<p>This is a perfect juice for fall \u2013 the deep, rich colour is so beautiful! It looks just like blood&#8230;mwwwahahaha. (I&#8217;m not good at being creepy&#8230;so don&#8217;t worry. I&#8217;ll stop now.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3661\" title=\"Beet Juice 02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-02-496x600.jpg\" alt=\"Beet Juice 02\" width=\"496\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-02-496x600.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-02.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"recipeTitle\">Beetiful Blood Juice<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"recipe\">\n<li>2 organic beets, small<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 organic cucumber<\/li>\n<li>2 organic carrots<\/li>\n<li>Leaves from beets<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 lemon, juiced<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Juice everything together. Add lemon juice and stir. Enjoy! It\u2019s just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3662\" title=\"Beet Juice 03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-03-465x600.jpg\" alt=\"Beet Juice 03\" width=\"465\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-03-465x600.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Beet-Juice-03.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you enjoy beets?\u00a0 What are your plans for Halloween?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love learning what different fruits and veggies do for you, so when I found out some of the things that make beets so great I just had to share them with you (and a recipe!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1182,8,4],"tags":[1769,1764,1770,1765,1766,1763,1772,1773,1768,1767,1771],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3702,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions\/3702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}