Beetroot - laxative qualities?

[WendyS]

Is it just my digestive system or is beetroot renowned for its laxitive qualities ?

[Kim A]

don't know if it's renowned for it, but it has the same effect on me as it obviously does on you! I find home grown acts worse than shop bought. Doesn't stop me eating it, though. Yum!

[nickmo]

Any meal with a high magnesium content - like beets - will have a mild laxative effect.........you may get the same result from sesame seeds by the way, as well as pumpkin seeds, pine kernels, broccoli and carrot, for example. A salad of these could be interesting for you.........

Lack of magnesium is identified with colon problems by the way.

[Kim A]

Nick - you seem to have an answer for everything! You're scary!

[nickmo]

Scary? Me? never am..........Sits in corner rocking back and forth

[YvonneM]

Hi Wendy

We grow our own and I like nothing better than warm beetroot on bread and butter but like you next day I suffer