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No, beetroot isn’t vegetable Viagra. But here’s what else it can do

  • Written by: Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Beetroot has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Supply issues in recent months have seen a shortage of tinned beetroot on Australian supermarket shelves. At one point, a tin was reportedly selling on eBay for more than A$65.

But as supplies increase, we turn our attention to beetroot’s apparent health benefits....

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