Eat more avocados and improve your health!

Avocados are a fruit that has a lot to boast! It's no secret how versatile they are. So much so, that you can find hundreds of recipes on the Internet that use avocados, one of its most beautiful qualities is that they are highly nutritious.

Speaking of versatility the avocado has the luxury of being the king. For example, in Brazil, they make juice out of it just like they would with a mango. In Mexico and the United States, the famous Pico-de Gallo has found its way in must homes. Many people use it in Salads. And thousands of men and women use it as a mask to cleanse the skin of their faces. needless to say, it also used in medical treatments such as the restoration of the cancer cells in patients with cancer.

But what more can be said of this blessed product? According to Wikipedia. reach 19 m in height. The leaves are medium to dark-green color, are arranged alternately along the stems, are 12 to 25 c m in length.

The avocado tree has tiny flowers (5 to 10 mm diameter) produce greenish-yellow pear-shaped fruit that can weigh 100 to 1,000 g. The skin is dark green and sometimes purple and almost black, depending on the variety and maturity. Its size, although depending on the variety, is about 7 to 20 cm long and its maximum diameter of about 6 cm, with a large central seed (about 5 to 6.4 cm long)

Who would think a so soft and creamy fruit provides fiber supplement so important for a healthy digestive tract?

One fifth (1 ounce) of an avocado contains 50 calories, 3 grams of monounsaturated fat, 0 cholesterol and sodium and 1 gram of fiber supplement.

Avocados provide approximately 20 essential vitamins and minerals: potassium, folic acid and other B vitamins, and vitamins E and K. They also contain phytonutrients, believed to prevent many chronic diseases.

Avocados act as a "throttle nutritious" to allow the body to absorb more fat-soluble nutrients such as alpha and beta-carotene and lutein, vitamins A, D, K and E in foods, which are consumed with avocados.

Avocados are a good source of lutein, an antioxidant that has been shown to be concentrated in the macula of the eye. Research suggests it may help maintain healthy eyesight as we age. An ounce of avocado contains 81 micrograms of lutein.

How wonderful! Don't you think?

Avocados are a fruit most secure, and you can buy those that are conventionally grown, and most experts believe that it is not necessary to buy organic avocados. Your skin protects the inside of the fruit of pesticides. He has been ranked as one of the safest crops in terms of exposure to pesticides, 3 so there is really no need to spend more money on organic avocados, unless you have no problem doing.

Benefits of Avocado

1. Avocado helps to control cholesterol and triglycerides.

2. Besides consuming is a great ally of beauty applying in various hair treatments.

3. It stimulates collagen formation. By this helps the skin and combat aging.

4. Help for people with diabetes because it is a balancing blood sugar.

5. Help problems like eczema, dermatitis and grains

6. It helps to have a protective effect on the heart muscle, so she suggests eating at least two avocados a week.

Eat more avocados and improve your health!