Beetroot

Q: I get kidney stones. Is the beetroot a problem?

Mention it to your urologist, and the amount is small. Beetroot is oxalate-rich and calcium oxalate is the commonest kidney stone type, which is the entire basis of the concern. AlphaCleanse contains 55 mg of beetroot per 2-capsule serving, which is a small fraction of a single beet and far below the oxalate you would get from a spinach salad or a handful of almonds. That said, we are not the right people to tell a stone-former what their oxalate budget is, and our own 12-week study excluded anyone with a history of kidney stones, so we hold no data on that group. Take the Supplement Facts panel to the appointment. It lists every ingredient with its milligram amount, which makes the conversation quick.

Q: My urine turned pink. Should I be worried?

Almost certainly not, and beetroot is the reason. Beeturia is the harmless passage of beetroot pigment into urine, and it can tint stool as well. It appears within a day or 2 of starting and stops when you stop. The reason we put this in writing rather than leaving you to find out: red urine you have not attributed to a beetroot is genuinely alarming, and it is also a symptom that warrants investigation when the cause is something else. A simple test is to stop AlphaCleanse for 3 days. If the colour clears and returns when you restart, it is the beetroot. If it does not clear, see a doctor rather than assuming.

Q: Will AlphaCleanse lower my blood pressure like beetroot juice does?

No, and we will not let the category imply otherwise. The beetroot blood pressure evidence is strong and it is about juice. 68 adults with hypertension drinking 250 mL of beetroot juice daily for 4 weeks saw 24-hour ambulatory pressure fall 7.7/5.2 mmHg against nitrate-free juice (PMID 25421976). A meta-analysis of 16 trials in 254 people put the pooled systolic drop at 4.4 mmHg (PMID 23596162). Both effects track the daily inorganic nitrate load, and 55 mg of beetroot powder does not deliver a comparable amount. If lower blood pressure is what you are after, beetroot juice or a nitrate-standardised product is the route, and your doctor should know either way. What beetroot does in AlphaCleanse is support a formula anchored by milk thistle at 165 mg, and the reason you can tell the difference at all is that we print every amount on the panel.

Q: Why include beetroot at all if 55 mg won't do what the studies show?

Because it is a supporting ingredient in a broad formula rather than a headline active, and that is the whole answer. AlphaCleanse is an anchor-and-support formula: milk thistle at 165 mg carries the clinical weight, and the other 11 ingredients, beetroot at 55 mg among them, are in for breadth at amounts printed on the panel. What 55 mg of beetroot contributes is the nutrient profile of a food-form botanical rather than a nitrate dose, which is exactly why nothing on this page claims the juice results. There is one liver-relevant beetroot trial, in 180 adults over 12 weeks (PMID 37662597), and its beetroot arm's dose is reported ambiguously in the paper itself, so we do not build a claim on that either. The comparison worth your time is not 55 mg against a juice study. It is our printed panel against the liver formulas that list the same botanicals inside a proprietary blend and print no amounts at all.

Beta vulgaris

Written by Wilson Lau, co-founder · Reviewed 16 September 2026 · 3 sources

Beetroot is the root of Beta vulgaris, and the compound behind almost all of its clinical research is inorganic nitrate, which the body converts to nitric oxide.

In AlphaCleanse55 mg

Rank by weightJoint 5th of 12

Studies cited3

Serving2 capsules

AlphaCleanse, 2-capsule serving

Milk Thistle165 mg
Spirulina110 mg
Ginger110 mg
Turmeric110 mg
Dandelion Root55 mg
Reishi MushroomReishi55 mg
Beetroot55 mg
Burdock Root27.5 mg
Rhubarb Root27.5 mg
Schisandra BerrySchisandra27.5 mg
Nettle Leaf27.5 mg
BioPerine2.75 mg

Every amount is printed on the label. No proprietary blend.

Nitric oxide relaxes blood vessels, which is why beetroot juice turns up in cardiology trials and in endurance-sport supplements.

The category tends to blur 2 things that this page keeps apart: what beetroot does at juice doses, and what 55 mg of beetroot powder in a capsule does.

Those are not the same, and AlphaCleanse contains the second.

How much is in AlphaCleanse

In short: AlphaCleanse contains 55 mg of beetroot per 2-capsule serving, joint fifth by weight on its 12-ingredient panel.

55 mg of beetroot per 2-capsule serving. That is joint fifth by weight on the AlphaCleanse Supplement Facts panel, level with dandelion root and reishi mushroom.

It sits behind milk thistle at 165 mg and the 110 mg group of turmeric, ginger and spirulina, and ahead of the 4 ingredients at 27.5 mg.

The panel lists beetroot and does not state a nitrate content, and we do not claim one.

For scale: a medium fresh beetroot weighs somewhere around 80 to 100 g, so 55 mg of beetroot powder is a small fraction of a single beet.

There is no proprietary blend on the panel. All 12 ingredients carry their own amount, and AlphaCleanse is made with organic ingredients.

What the evidence shows

In short: beetroot's blood pressure evidence comes from juice doses, and AlphaCleanse makes no blood pressure claim at 55 mg.

The strongest human evidence for beetroot is cardiovascular and it is good.

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial gave 68 adults with hypertension 250 mL of beetroot juice daily, or 250 mL of nitrate-free beetroot juice, for 4 weeks. What it found:

24-hour ambulatory pressure fell 7.7/5.2 mmHg.
Clinic pressure fell 7.7/2.4 mmHg.
Endothelial function improved by roughly 20%.
No tachyphylaxis (Kapil et al., Hypertension 2015;65(2):320-327, PMID 25421976).

A meta-analysis of 16 randomised crossover trials in 254 participants found systolic pressure fell 4.4 mmHg (95% CI -5.9 to -2.8, P < 0.001), while the diastolic change was not significant (Siervo et al., Journal of Nutrition 2013;143(6):818-826, PMID 23596162).

There is one liver-relevant trial.

A 12-week randomised controlled trial in 180 adults with fatty liver compared a control group, a Mediterranean diet, beetroot juice, and both together.

Bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL fell in all 3 intervention arms (Fateh et al., Frontiers in Nutrition 2023;10:1181706, PMID 37662597).

Read it with care. The abstract states the beetroot arm received "250 mg of beetroot", which is almost certainly a units error, and mean weight fell about 4.6 kg across the study, so weight loss is an obvious confounder.

Where our dose sits: far below, and there is no softening it. The effect tracks the daily nitrate load delivered in juice, and 55 mg of beetroot powder does not deliver a comparable amount.

So AlphaCleanse makes no blood pressure claim, and if lower blood pressure is your goal, beetroot juice or a nitrate-standardised product is the route.

What 55 mg is doing here is different work. It is one of 11 supporting amounts sitting behind milk thistle at 165 mg, and it is printed on the panel so you can weigh it yourself instead of taking our word for it.

Why this dose

In short: 55 mg of beetroot is a food-form supporting ingredient in a 12-ingredient formula, not a nitrate dose.

AlphaCleanse is an anchor-and-support formula.

Milk thistle at 165 mg is the anchor and carries the clinical weight. The other 11 ingredients, beetroot among them at 55 mg, are in for breadth, each printed on the panel at an amount anyone can check.

Beetroot earns its place as a food-form botanical, bringing the pigments and micronutrients of the whole root into a formula otherwise built from seeds, roots and rhizomes.

Measuring it against a juice trial is the wrong yardstick, because it was never put in here as a nitrate dose.

Beetroot is also the ingredient customers notice first, and not for a reason anyone plans: it is what turns some people's urine pink in the first week.

That is beeturia, it is harmless, and it is set out in full below so that nobody meets it for the first time without knowing what it is.

Safety and interactions

In short: beetroot can turn urine pink, which is harmless, and stone-formers should mention AlphaCleanse to their urologist.

Beetroot is a food, and at 55 mg the safety questions are narrow.

I could not locate a dedicated NIH LiverTox chapter for beetroot, so this page does not quote a likelihood score for it.

Kidney stones. Beetroot is oxalate-rich, and calcium oxalate is the commonest kidney stone type.

The 55 mg in a serving is a small fraction of a single beet and far below a dietary oxalate load, but if you form calcium oxalate stones, mention AlphaCleanse to your urologist before starting.

This is the one group where the answer is a real conversation rather than a reassurance.

Beeturia. Pink or red urine, and occasionally pink-tinged stool, after beetroot. It is a pigment, it is harmless, and it resolves when you stop.

The reason to know about it: red urine that you have not attributed to beetroot is a symptom people take to A&E, and it is also a symptom of things that genuinely need investigating.

If you are unsure, stop AlphaCleanse for 3 days and see whether it clears.

Blood pressure medication. At juice doses, dietary nitrate lowers blood pressure, so in principle it stacks with antihypertensives.

At 55 mg of beetroot powder we do not expect a measurable effect, and we are not claiming one in either direction.

If your blood pressure is being actively titrated, mention every supplement you take, including this one.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding. Do not take AlphaCleanse if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive.

Beetroot as a food is unremarkable; other ingredients on the panel are the reason for the instruction.

Corroboration, not evidence of harm. Our registered study (NCT07738744) excluded 2 groups:

Anyone with a history of kidney stones.
People with uncontrolled hypertension.

Those were eligibility decisions taken before the first dose. They tell you which groups were not studied, and nothing about harm.

Common questions

In short: pink urine is beeturia and harmless, and AlphaCleanse claims no blood pressure effect at 55 mg.

I get kidney stones. Is the beetroot a problem?

Mention it to your urologist, and the amount is small.

Beetroot is oxalate-rich and calcium oxalate is the commonest kidney stone type, which is the entire basis of the concern.

AlphaCleanse contains 55 mg of beetroot per 2-capsule serving, which is a small fraction of a single beet and far below the oxalate you would get from a spinach salad or a handful of almonds.

That said, we are not the right people to tell a stone-former what their oxalate budget is, and our own 12-week study excluded anyone with a history of kidney stones, so we hold no data on that group.

Take the Supplement Facts panel to the appointment. It lists every ingredient with its milligram amount, which makes the conversation quick.

My urine turned pink. Should I be worried?

Almost certainly not, and beetroot is the reason.

Beeturia is the harmless passage of beetroot pigment into urine, and it can tint stool as well. It appears within a day or 2 of starting and stops when you stop.

The reason we put this in writing rather than leaving you to find out: red urine you have not attributed to a beetroot is genuinely alarming, and it is also a symptom that warrants investigation when the cause is something else.

A simple test is to stop AlphaCleanse for 3 days. If the colour clears and returns when you restart, it is the beetroot.

If it does not clear, see a doctor rather than assuming.

Will AlphaCleanse lower my blood pressure like beetroot juice does?

No, and we will not let the category imply otherwise.

The beetroot blood pressure evidence is strong and it is about juice. 68 adults with hypertension drinking 250 mL of beetroot juice daily for 4 weeks saw 24-hour ambulatory pressure fall 7.7/5.2 mmHg against nitrate-free juice (PMID 25421976).

A meta-analysis of 16 trials in 254 people put the pooled systolic drop at 4.4 mmHg (PMID 23596162).

Both effects track the daily inorganic nitrate load, and 55 mg of beetroot powder does not deliver a comparable amount.

If lower blood pressure is what you are after, beetroot juice or a nitrate-standardised product is the route, and your doctor should know either way.

What beetroot does in AlphaCleanse is support a formula anchored by milk thistle at 165 mg, and the reason you can tell the difference at all is that we print every amount on the panel.

Why include beetroot at all if 55 mg won't do what the studies show?

Because it is a supporting ingredient in a broad formula rather than a headline active, and that is the whole answer.

AlphaCleanse is an anchor-and-support formula: milk thistle at 165 mg carries the clinical weight, and the other 11 ingredients, beetroot at 55 mg among them, are in for breadth at amounts printed on the panel.

What 55 mg of beetroot contributes is the nutrient profile of a food-form botanical rather than a nitrate dose, which is exactly why nothing on this page claims the juice results.

There is one liver-relevant beetroot trial, in 180 adults over 12 weeks (PMID 37662597), and its beetroot arm's dose is reported ambiguously in the paper itself, so we do not build a claim on that either.

The comparison worth your time is not 55 mg against a juice study. It is our printed panel against the liver formulas that list the same botanicals inside a proprietary blend and print no amounts at all.

The other 11 ingredients

AlphaCleanse contains beetroot at 55 mg per serving.

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Verified citations on this page: PMID 25421976, PMID 23596162, PMID 37662597. Every PMID was confirmed to resolve to the paper named on 2026-09-09, and none was re-attributed in this pass. No dedicated LiverTox chapter for beetroot was located, and none is claimed.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-17