Beets fall into the highly-underrated and widely misunderstood species of the vegetable kingdom. They’ve gotten a bad rap coming sliced out of the aluminum can cold, or worse yet, warm and tasteless. If you aren’t familiar with using fresh beets, you don’t know the sweet, glorious goodness that you are missing out on. Recent studies suggest that beet juice may be effective in reducing blood pressure and enhancing athletic performance. Beets are high in the polyphenols quercet