Want to maximize your beet-born weirdness? Eat them raw or lightly steamed. Overcooking depletes the nitrates. Pair them with a bit of healthy fat—like olive oil—to boost absorption. Add a little lemon juice to keep the color shockingly bright.
Or go all in: make beet kvass. It’s a fermented beet drink that’s bubbly with probiotic gas. That fermentation may actually increase the nitrous oxide content. You’ll be drinking fizzy, beet-fueled science. Gross? Maybe. Epic? Absolutely.
Beet Boogeyman?
Some people fear the “beet pink” in their toilet. Don’t. It’s medically harmless. It’s also the only time you can joke about laughing gas making your poop colorful. That’s a dinner-party fact no one expects.
