Animals consume veggies also. The beet is suitable for your animals, especially dogs. Beets are incredibly dense in nutrients. Health benefits include:
Detoxifies the Liver, Kidneys, and Bladder — Red beets are a great, natural detoxifier and can help relieve and prevent skin allergies and itchiness in dogs.
Detoxifies the Blood — Red beets are also known to be blood cleansers. They help detox and cleanse the blood of toxins, heavy metals and waste.
Helps Combat Inflammation — The betalains in red beets are powerful phytochemicals that have anti-inflammatory effects. Reduced levels of inflammation help benefit every system in the dog’s body and is key to physical wellbeing.
Helps Keep the Body Alkaline — Since most diseases live in an acidic environment, it is better to keep the body more alkaline, and a whole food like red beets and other root vegetables like carrots can help to achieve this.
Supports Heart Health — The betaine and choline in red beets help regulate inflammation in the cardiovascular system, and studies have shown that the nitrate compounds in beets positively benefit cholesterol levels.
Promotes Healthy Weight — Red beets contain a gamma amino acid which helps maintain efficient metabolism. The betaine in red beets helps stimulate liver function to assure that fats are broken down efficiently. The beet fiber also helps increase the nutrient absorption and proper digestion of pet’s food.
Stimulates the Immune System — High in immune-boosting vitamin C and other nutrients, red beets are an ideal addition to the diet to promote and help maintain a healthy immune system.
Helps Maintain Healthy Digestive Function — The fiber in red beets helps to sweep the digestive tract of waste and toxins and restore healthy and regular bowel movements, including constipation.
Promotes Shiny Coat — The beta-carotene in red beets promotes healthy and shiny coat, enhances coat color, markings and pigmentation.
Promotes Eye Health — Due to their potent antioxidants and vitamin A, red beets are very helpful in protecting eye health, including cataracts and molecular degeneration.
Promotes Healthy Mucous Membranes — Provides tissues with oxygen and moisture to regenerate and maintain healthy mucous membranes. The most commonly examined mucous membranes are the gums. Healthy pink gums are an indicator of good blood oxygenation.
Healthy Pregnancy — Red beets are one of the richest sources of folate which plays an important role in normal embryo development and successful pregnancy in animals. Dietary folate is more effective than synthetic folic acid. Also provides manganese and is important during lactation.
Stimulates Appetite — The sweet taste of red beets adds a lot of interesting flavor to a dog’s diet which can be relatively bland. By topping of the meals with red beets, dogs typically enjoy their food more and bowls are licked clean.