The unusual mammal called the aardvark was named by South Africans in the early 19th century. In the local language, Afrikaans, aardvark means earth pig.. This name aptly describes a large, heavily built animal with thin hair and short, stumpy legs. The scientific name of the aardvark is Orycteropus afer.
Although beets have the highest sugar content of all vegetables, most people can safely eat beet roots a few times a week (and their greens in unlimited quantities), enjoying not only their sweet, earthy flavor but also their powerhouse nutrients that may improve your health in the following ways.
Cane juice is alkaline to the body, and because most diseases cannot live in an alkaline environment, in itâs raw form, sugar cane juice can be very healing to the body. It has even been found to lower cholesterolâboth LDL and triglycerides. 90% of U.S. table sugar is made from sugar beets. But that granulated stuff has almost nothing to do with the root vegetable itâs made from. By the end of the refinement process, natureâs gift of the sugar beet bears very little resemblance to the man-made, dehydrated crystalline sugar theyâve become.