Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hmmmm. sugar is made from beets. Sounds like a good reason not to overload on beets? AFA an 1000 pd male - Chances are such a person would die very young of an overtaxed heart - in fact an overtaxed everything. on 2/2/2005 10:11 PM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote: > A couple of somewhat obscure stats: > > Mustard contains quite a lot of erucic acid. > > Potatoes are reputed to be high on the list for 'satiety'. I wonder > where beets are on that list. Weight for weight beets contain half > the calories of potatoes, contain no starch, and are fairly high on > the ORAC lists also. So do they rank higher than potatoes for > satiety. > > Rodney. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Francesca, Beet sugar is made from sugar beets - quite a different plant than the basic red produce section beet, and much higher in sugar to begin with (plus pretty devoid of flavor). And, like sugar cane, they go through considerable processing to get the sugar out. (See link) I'm sure if someone wanted to they could extract sugar from carrots, hardly a reason to write off carrots. http://www.sucrose.com/lbeet.html - notice the pale color compared to the pigment filled (anti-oxidant filled) red beet. > Hmmmm. sugar is made from beets. Sounds like a good reason not to overload > on beets? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Nutritiondata ranks cooked beet's " fullness factor " at 3.7 vs. 2.2 for baked potato..... On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:11:22 -0000, Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote: > > > A couple of somewhat obscure stats: > > Mustard contains quite a lot of erucic acid. > > Potatoes are reputed to be high on the list for 'satiety'. I wonder > where beets are on that list. Weight for weight beets contain half > the calories of potatoes, contain no starch, and are fairly high on > the ORAC lists also. So do they rank higher than potatoes for > satiety. > > Rodney. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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