Okay, is this the thread where it's finally appropriate to talk about beeturia?
I experienced it twice this winter, both times immediately after long runs. Really freaked me out - I thought it was blood in my urine! The second time, I put two and two together with the beets I'd eaten. My urine was normal color at all times except for immediately after the long run. Looked it up on the Internets, didn't find anything directly on point, figured my kidneys just function differently on a long run.
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04-24-2009, 06:03 AM #1
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04-24-2009, 07:35 AM #2
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I don't eat beets. I vaguely recall not liking them as a kid. But I have read that after eating them, you may be alarmed by what looks like blood in your stool. I hadn't heard about the urine thing, though.
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
Okay, is this the thread where it's finally appropriate to talk about beeturia?
I experienced it twice this winter, both times immediately after long runs. Really freaked me out - I thought it was blood in my urine! The second time, I put two and two together with the beets I'd eaten. My urine was normal color at all times except for immediately after the long run. Looked it up on the Internets, didn't find anything directly on point, figured my kidneys just function differently on a long run.
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04-24-2009, 07:37 AM #3
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Oh, and I just remembered... Another place where I'll always eat the beets is a Mediterranean restaurant I go to that serves pickled beets as a garnish with appetizers. They're terrific pickled.
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04-24-2009, 07:43 AM #4
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mmmmmmm....beets.
There's something I haven't had in a while (wait....I think I have a jar of them in the pantry!).
My mother used to make wonderful borscht (beet soup). We'd put sour cream in it and it was always a riot to be eating "pink soup" - but wow! Was it good.
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04-24-2009, 08:34 AM #5
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Oh yeah, I forgot borscht, too! Guess I like beets more than I thought I did...
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04-25-2009, 04:13 AM #6
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I don't care for beets.
My mother used to make pickled eggs with beets. The smell of them made me gag.
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04-25-2009, 06:16 AM #7
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As a kid, I LIKED beets.
As an adult, even the smell makes me gag sometimes.
My dad loves Harvard beets but I swear that man would eat anything if you put enough sugar on it. We go through 5 lbs (of sugar) a week, and it's ALL HIM.By charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control men and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good. That is the treasure that cannot be lost.
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