I drink and eat other foods that are colored, and nothing happens. Why beets?
2007-05-10 12:35:25 · 12 answers · asked by brainsandcute2 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The pigment in beets is VERY strong (traditionally used as a dye as well) and can not be broken down by your body. Other food will have this effect if you eat enough of it. Carrots can have the same effect.
Eat enough carrots or beats and the palms of your hands and bottoms of your feet can turn colour.
If you go to the hospital with suspected bleeding bowels one of the first questions is "have you eaten a lot of blueberries or beets".
Blues and purples are shown easily in "waste", likely because it is unlike any colour normally produced by your body that it shows up well.
2007-05-10 12:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can Beets Turn Urine Red
2016-09-29 09:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much beets are you eating?
I've never seen that before.
From Wikipedia,
Red colouring
The colour of red beetroot is due to a purple pigment betacyanin and a yellow pigment betaxanthin known collectively as betalins, unlike red cabbage which contains the pigment anthocyanin. Breeds of beetroot which are not the typical deep red, such as 'Burpee's Golden' and 'Albina Vereduna', have a greater or lesser distribution of the two betalin pigments.[11]#
Betacyanin in beetroot may cause red urine and feces in some people who are unable to break it down.
The pigments are contained in cell vacuoles. Beetroot cells are quite unstable and will 'leak' when cut, heated, or when in contact with air or sunlight. This is why red beetroots leave a purple stain. Leaving the skin on when cooking, however, will maintain the integrity of the cells and therefore minimise leakage.
2007-05-10 12:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by lots_of_laughs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never heard of urine turning red though I've heard of poo turning red. Especially if you have Harvard Beets.
Oh by the way, blueberries will make your poo a greenish color.
2007-05-10 12:49:30 · answer #4 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beets have a natural food coloring. So do blueberries, they turn your pee greenish and your poop too!
2007-05-10 12:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite they're going to, it is why relatively some human beings do unlike them. i like em, and that i like to pickle them too, yet regrettably it is between the part outcomes, do no longer enable it worry you.the following day ought to be clearer, if no longer get scientific advice. do no longer consume maximum of next time. lol.
2016-11-27 01:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by lightbourn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dye in beets is stronger i think.
2007-05-10 12:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Ginnykitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something about the way your body filters the color...Im not exactly sure though. Sorry I couldnt help!
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2007-05-10 12:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I know why i never eat them!
2007-05-10 12:48:34 · answer #9 · answered by Pazzionflower 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never had beats... This makes me want to try them. lol
2007-05-10 12:41:47 · answer #10 · answered by my name 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋