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The root vegetable can be eaten fresh, but more often beets are boiled, fried, stewed, or baked. It is added to borscht, beetroot soup, vinaigrettes, vegetable salads, and served as a side dish. Beets are combined with cabbage, onions, cranberries, raisins, prunes, apples, nuts, etc. The calorie content of boiled and raw beets is practically the same: raw root vegetables contain 40 kcal, boiled - 49. Raw beets contain more fiber, anthocyanin and betaine, which makes it is healthier for people with excess weight, liver disease, diabetes and hypertension.