If you’ve ever feasted on a delicious beet salad at dinner, you may have gotten a surprise the next morning: a reddish tinge to what you left in the bowl. This color shift might look a little like ...

Consuming beets can cause a person to pass red-hued stool or urine. This is due to the presence of betalain pigments in beets. Betanin is a strong antioxidant present in each cell in the beetroot. It ...

After you eat beets, you may get a shock when visiting the restroom: Your poop looks slightly pink, or sometimes dark, berry red. This rather unnerving experience may make you wonder, "why do beets ...