If you’ve ever feasted on a delicious beet salad at dinner, you may have gotten a surprise the next morning: a reddish tinge to what you left in the bowl. This color shift might look a little like ...

If your urine turns pink or red after eating beets, it’s likely caused by the vegetable. This is usually harmless, but see your doctor if you’re concerned or have other symptoms to check for blood in ...

Though red-tinged pee or poop is never a welcome sight in the toilet, it may not be cause for alarm if you've recently eaten beets. Here's what you need to know about beeturia (and when it's time to ...

Red urine or stool is likely to throw us off. The first thought may be blood, which is never a good sign. But is it really a bloody urine or an outcome of eating beetroots? In an interaction with the ...

Consuming beets can cause a person to pass red-hued stool or urine. This is due to the presence of betalain pigments in beets. Betanin is a strong antioxidant present in each cell in the beetroot. It ...

Out of the blue I passed bright red pee. I freaked, thinking it was a sign of terminal disease. Then I remembered the roasted beetroot tarts served at the party the night before – so delicious I’d ...

This week's question comes from Geoffrey Carter in Kingston, Ont., who asked: "Why does beet make my urine turn pink?" Tanya Choy, a renal dietician at Saint Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, has the ...

Beetroot, celebrated for its nutritional value and culinary versatility, has gained global popularity. While offering benefits like reduced blood pressure and cancer risk, excessive consumption can ...

Whether in chocolate cake, on pizza, or in salad, beetroot is a popular healthful vegetable. But some people might be taken aback by what happens after they eat it: red poop and pee. The red pigments ...

Out of the blue I passed bright red pee. I freaked, thinking it was a sign of terminal disease. Then I remembered the roasted beetroot tarts served at the party the night before – so delicious I’d ...