Healthy City Life

Avocados are usually assumed to be a high fat food, but these are good fat, avocados are one of the only fruits that contain monounsaturated fat, which is the type of fat that a dietician would recommend as part of a healthy diet. One avocado might contain approximately 21g fat.

What’s in it for me?

Avocados contain a lot of monounsaturated fat, vitamin E, B and K minerals such as potassium, folates and the highest fibres that any fruit. Avocados are sodium and cholesterol free food.

Natural benefits of Avocado

1. Nourishes and stimulates hair growth
   
2. Promotes good skin tone
   
3. Sometimes a remedy for dysentery (inflammation of small intestine with pain, diarrhoea and blood).
   

    

Some additional uses of avocado are  its oils have been used topically to treat wounds, infections, arthritis, and to stimulate hair growth. The seeds, leaves, and bark have been used for dysentery and diarrhoea. It is also used in topical creams for regular skincare. It is also used to treat Gout.

Most common types of avocado are Bacon (greenish, oval), Gwen (greenish, plump oval),

Hass (purplish-black, available all through the year), Pinkerton (dark green, long pear shaped, available early winter), Reed (green, round, available during summer), Zutano (greenish yellow, early season)

Tips 

1. Avocados do not ripe on the tree; those sold in the market have still need to be ripened.
   
2. Do not select avocados with dark spots or about to crack. Avocados are ripened in room temperature.
   
3. Avocados are generally used raw in salads, sandwiches and as dips for snacks.
   
4. Cooking brings out the tannins in the fruit and hence leaves a bitter taste in the pallet.
   

Caution

Feeding avocado to birds is not recommended, in addition the leaves of avocado have proven toxic to few common animals such as cats, dogs, cattle horses and etc.

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