Drinking Beetroot Juice Can Increase Sex Drive, Here's the Recipe

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JAKARTA - Beetroot is a root vegetable with many health benefits. This is because beets are rich in essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants like vitamin C, potassium, and magnesium.

Besides physical health benefits, beets can also improve blood flow and increase sexual arousal. Beets can increase desire and improve sexual function in both men and women.

"Drinking beetroot juice helps the body metabolize and use estrogen in women and increase testosterone levels in men," said food scientist Christina Jax, as quoted by Express UK.

To consume beets to increase sex drive, you can process them into juice. Here's a delicious beetroot juice recipe, as quoted by Healthshots.

Ingredients needed:

2 beets

1 apple for flavor

Ice cubes to taste

3 tablespoons lemon juice

How to make it:

1. Clean the beets from any remaining dirt under running water.

2. Peel and cut the beets and apple into pieces.

3. Place all the beetroot and apple pieces in a blender or juicer.

4. Add ice cubes and lemon juice for extra freshness.

5. If the juice is too thick, add water to achieve your desired consistency, then the juice is ready to enjoy.