Want to get healthy and love it? Grab an avocado! Avocadoes are everywhere, in creamy guacamoles, diced in salads, whipped into dressings, sliced, scooped you name it! Loaded with potassium, calcium, Vitamin C, Folic Acid, copper and fiber, this green gem is a nutritional powerhouse for your body! Sound good? Check out these amazing reasons you should make sure to eat avocadoes each and every day.
Lower Your Cholestrol
The oleic acid found in avocados helps control and even lower blood cholesterol. A study at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico (reported in the Archives of Medical Research, Winter 1996) showed that 45 volunteers who ate avocadoes every day for a week had a 17% drop in their blood cholesterol.
Protect Your Eyes
Avocadoes are high in lutien. Lutien has been reported to help protect your eyes against cataracts and macular degeneration. The California Hass avocado has the highest level of lutien among avocados.
Protect Your Heart
Avocadoes are great for your heart health! One cup of avocado has 23% of your daily recommended amount of folate. Folate has been proven to protect the body against strokes. Researchers have found that those eating a diet high in folate have a risk of heart disease.
Prevent Cancer
Avocadoes are also great source of the antioxidant glutathione. This antioxidant is important in the prevention of cancer and heart disease. It’s also a major source of oleic acid has also been reported in studies to help prevent breast cancer. Other researchers have found that avocadoes have certain properties that inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells.
So grab an avocado and enjoy it!
