COOKED BEET: Has clear positive effects on the body thanks to the presence of antioxidants: It contains powerful antioxidants that help prevent aging, cardiovascular risk and degenerative diseases: anthocyanins (flavonoids), reddish purple pigments . It seems that these substances have a proven protective effect against cardiovascular diseases, degenerative diseases and cancer. The sugars of the beet are assimilated correctly thanks to the vitamins and minerals that the vegetable contains; the refined sugar that is obtained from it weakens us. The beet in its natural form - as opposed to the refined sugar that is extracted from it - allows the body to take advantage of the sugars it contains thanks to its B vitamins and minerals. On the other hand, when the white or brown sugar is refined, precisely all of these accompanying nutrients are eliminated, which the body continues to need in order to assimilate the caloric shock of the refined sugar. Then the digestive system looks for the nutrients that it lacks in the available reserves, with the consequent demineralizing and de-vitaminising effect. For this reason, we insist that the effect is diametrically opposed if we consume a food in its natural state, that nourishes us, like beets, or, on the contrary, we ingest a processed and refined derivative that weakens us, like sugar.