A trip to the ladies room after eating beets can send an uninformed diner into panic mode! But as shocking as a rosy red toilet bowl may be, it turns out that beeturia—the condition where eating beets turns your pee and/or poop red—can be quite useful. While 14 percent of the population has a gene that makes this happen every time they eat beets, for the remaining 86 percent, beeturia means your body is low on iron. In addition to the tie-dyed bowel movements, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, or pale skin are all reasons to talk to your doctor about getting tested for anemia.
