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eppur_se_muova

(41,060 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:33 PM Jan 8

If you've considered drinking beet juice as a dietary supplement (claimed to lower blood pressure) you should know ...

that intense color, due to betacyanin pigments can pass through your digestive system. If you've ever seen blood in your urine, beet juice could give you a little jolt, until you realize it's more magenta than crimson in your pee. The color is pH-dependent, so in your more alkaline intestine, it turns a deep purple* which rapidly diffuses into the water. I'm thinking practical joke potential here -- like Burger King's Halloween black burger buns which gave people green poo.

"In general, most stool color varies day to day based on what you're eating. It can have flecks [of different colors]. It can be dark brown or light brown or a little yellow," he said. Eating lots of spinach can also turn your poop green, and having a beet salad might turn both your urine and your stool an alarming shade of red.

https://www.livescience.com/52428-halloween-burger-green-poop.html





*no connection to the English rock group of that name
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If you've considered drinking beet juice as a dietary supplement (claimed to lower blood pressure) you should know ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jan 8 OP
Pink pee Mz Pip Jan 8 #1
My husband has cancer, and goes to the bathroom frequently. I remind him , when we have beets not to be surprise if he Srkdqltr Jan 8 #2
and your feces get very dark, I've been doing it for years, dried to crush powder and juiced to freeze in ice cube trays Shellback Squid Jan 8 #3

Mz Pip

(28,360 posts)
1. Pink pee
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:36 PM
Jan 8

Decades ago I went to the ER because I thought I was bleeding internally. It was the beets.

Srkdqltr

(9,404 posts)
2. My husband has cancer, and goes to the bathroom frequently. I remind him , when we have beets not to be surprise if he
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:40 PM
Jan 8

Sees red in the toilet.

Shellback Squid

(9,884 posts)
3. and your feces get very dark, I've been doing it for years, dried to crush powder and juiced to freeze in ice cube trays
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:14 PM
Jan 8

Omega masticating juicer, hard to get parts tho

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