The famous avocado. Are avocados famous because they are cute? Photogenic? Healthy? Absolutely delicious? All of the above ✅ I would bet you have your own reasons for loving avocado + today, my tips are going to give you my top 10 reasons you should eat avocado. Let’s do this!
Tara’s Tuesday Tips:
Ten Reasons You Should Eat Avocado
1. Great Skin
I put this as the number one on my list of reasons you should eat avocado because who doesn’t want magical, radiant skin just by eating something delicious?!? I won’t get too science-nerd on you but free radicals are bad for your skin. They are unstable and block good cells from rejuvenating. The oil in avocado has been found to stop that process allowing good healthy skin cells to grow!
2. Healthy Hair
Avocados contain 20% of the daily recommended dose of Vitamin E! Vitamin E protects body tissues from damage. Count me in.
3. Good Fat
Seems like an oxymoron, am I right? Anyway, it isn’t. Good fat is good for you. Avocados are an abundant source of the good fat, also known as monounsaturated fat. This type of fat helps improve blood lipid profiles meaning less chance of stroke and heart attack. Check out my article here about heart health and good fats.
4. See Better
Avocados have high levels of carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, which help prevent macular degeneration and cataracts.
5. Eating Avocados Help You Lose Weight
As if you needed an more reasons you should be eating avocado! How about weight loss?!?!?With a high water content, avocados fill you up decreasing the chance that you will be hungry soon after eating and therefore you eat less! In conjunction with other healthy habits, eating avocado could help with your weight loss efforts.
6. Help Regulate Blood Sugar
Great news for diabetics! This study, performed at the University of Loma Linda in California, found that eating an avocado helps stabilize blood sugar in diabetics after their meals. This means that eating an avocado with your meal helps prevent the ups and downs after eating. During the ‘down’ is when you look for food again and the vicious cycle is very hard to break. I go into more detail about this in my article, How To Eat To Prevent Diabetes.
7. Reduce Inflammation
Research is finding that inflammation is responsible for diseases that have puzzled the world of medical research for a very long time (asthma, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and cancers). Avocados are high in oleic acid which helps fight inflammation. Hooray! Check this out: The Vegetarian’s Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods.
8. Fiber
Are you tired of me talking about fiber yet?!?! Yep, avocados are high in fiber. You know what that means by now … better digestion, feel fuller, stable blood sugars, decreased appetite. This actually is very high on the list of reasons you should be eating avocado. I love writing about the benefits of fiber, read this one: How To Improve Your Health With Fiber.
9. Energy Boosting
Avocados are a great combination of fat, protein, and carbs meaning that it is the perfect addition to a meal helping to slow the absorption of the carbohydrates giving you a slow, steady release of energy. Perfect food for breakfast or for any meal!
10. Make You Happy
No, not just because they taste good but because avocados are high in potassium and folate. There have been several studies including that have shown that people suffering with depression often have low potassium levels. What an easy fix … eat an avocado! Curious about more good mood foods, check this out: Good Mood Foods?
My Favorite MVF Avocado Recipes:
- Avocado Salad
- Guacamole
- Creamy Vegan Avocado Dressing (No Oil!)
- Avocado Corn Salad (Oil-Free!)
- Kale Gnocchi with Spinach Avocado Sauce
- Copycat California Pizza Kitchen Tostada Pizza
- Avocado Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad
- Oil-Free Avocado Hummus Recipe
- Kale Gnocchi with Spinach Avocado Sauce
- Creamy Spinach Avocado Sauce
Hope this helps you LOVE the #instafamous avocado even more 🥑
All the best,
Tara 💚
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