Well I did the "beet test". I didn't plan on doing such a thing It just so happens I've been on a roasted beets and Brussels sprouts kick. I had a minor freak out session when I went pee and it was red. TMI, I know but it's for a purpose. Anyway I knew it wasn't blood so I started doing some research and found my answer. I have never had this happen prior to surgery. I would remember something like that! So It's a sign of low stomach acid and other things. I posted the article below. I don't know if I should be worried or not so I will ask my NUT about it . I find it pretty interesting though so I thought I would share. It's a natural test you can actually do yourself. Our bodies are just too cool! I think I'm going to start taking some probiotics. Now, if there's a shortage of beets I will know why. You're welcome!

I've gotta tell you, I am totally intrigued by this. I don't think I could be more astonished by the thought of beets being eaten any other way. It's almost as if someone is telling me packing peanuts are edible and delicious in a salad.

Mark my words, I will be trying roasted beets soon.

@@BigViffer lol! Well I'm glad the red pee caught your eye!

I will have to try the roasted beets, sounds good... I will just be forewarned and prepared for pink urine. I flippin LOVE roasted Brussel sprouts, we have them just about every week. I would probably like the beets too.

lol, oh man... pickled beets and eggs are a special treat to me! No one else I know other than my parents like them though.

I have just never heard of roasting them, it sounds... alien to me. I don't even know if my grocery store has raw beets. Going to have to look for this.

They have them! But they won't look like you expect. They come in all kinda of colors not just that dark purple. Look with the turnips.

The chewable Vitamins I take make my pee look like "highlighter yellow". It's crazy. I know it's the vitamins because I stopped taking them and then started again and sure enough....that same electric yellow highlighter color. It's weird.

I wonder if you ate asparagus if your pee would SUPER smell?

@@liannatx It's the perfect mix! I get to eat all the Brussels sprouts because my family hates them.

@@Margie122 22% and 50% of the population report having pungent pee after eating asparagus. But that doesn't mean only some people's bodies generate that smell. Researchers believe that, during digestion, the vegetable's sulfurous amino acids break down into smelly chemical components in all people. And because those components are "volatile," meaning airborne, the odor wafts upward as the urine leaves the body and can be detected as soon as 15 minutes after you eat this spring delicacy.

But only about one-quarter of the population appears to have the special gene that allows them to smell those compounds. So the issue isn't whether or not your pee is smelly; it's whether you're able to smell it. If you smell a funny fragrance in your urine after you eat asparagus, you're not only normal, you have a good nose......................Ha! I actually looked this up sometime ago! I smell it!!

I grew beets in my garden this summer and I just pulled up the last of them and roasted them with olive oil, a sprig of rosemary, and a tiny bit of orange zest. Wrap it all up in foil and put in the oven for an hour. I'm the only one in my house who will eat beets so I'm getting pretty sick of them. I have a ton in my freezer so I'll probably take a break for a little while and then pull them out in the winter!

That's some interesting info on the beets , stomach acid and red/pink urine connection.

I absolutely love beets!! My favorite way to eat them is roasted. Before surgery my urine never turned pink from eating them, however, just last week I had pink urine from eating beets.

Elode I guess I have a good nose then. I've always been able to smell things others haven't, and they aren't always nice smells! Considering I take public transportation some days I wish I could turn my nose off.