High concentrations of metabolites in beetroot might also be able this problem, according to Diabetes Care Community.
The same metabolite in beets is also found in your blood levels, but if you have insulin resistance or you are pre-diabetic, your levels of it are lower.
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism saw obese participants on a beetroot juice with carbohydrates having lower insulin resistance.
But a different study looking into patients with type 2 diabetes, who also drank the juice, found no improvement in insulin resistance.
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