What are avocados good for?

That the avocado is actually classified in the flowering plant family and is part of the berry family. It is one of the few fruits that can provide you with high amounts of fat and proteins. There actually a lot of more to avocados than meets the eye, so check out these interesting facts about this fruit.

What are avocados good for ?

What are the uses of Avocado?

Beauty uses of avocados

  • Nourishes and moisturizes your skin
  • Works as a natural sunscreen
  • Help get rid of bags under eyes
  • Use as a hair mask or conditioner to rejuvenate your scalp and hair
  • Makes a nice facial mask or scrub to exfoliate your skin.

Culinary benefits of Avocados

  • Feed to babies in lieu of processed baby food
  • Add to salad, desserts, and sandwiches for a sweet flavor
  • Brazilian add avocados to ice cream
  • Filipinos puree avocados to ice cream
  • Filipinos puree avocados with sugar and milk to make a creamy dessert or smoothie.
  • Use as a spread or dip or add to sauces, smoothies and salad dressings
  • Can be blended with coconut cream to make whipped cream
  • Use as a fat replacement in baking simply replace the oil, butter, or shortening with an equal amount of avocado.

Other uses of avocado        

  • Crushing the pit releases a milky liquid that turns red or black when exposed to the air. It was used as ink for writing during early times
  • Ink from avocados pits can be used as a natural food dye.

Health Benefits of Avocados

  • Avocados are very high in essential vitamins and minerals, including fiber, vitamin K, B5, B6, and C, folate, and potassium
  • One avocado can have twice the potassium of a banana, which helps balance your potassium to sodium ratio.
  • Avocados have very little sodium and are low in fructose
  • It is one of the few fruits that will provide you with good monounsaturated fats. A medium has avocado contains about 22.5 grams of fat.
  • Eating avocados help maintain cholesterol levels already in the healthy range and lower your risk of heart disease.

Facts of avocados

  • This fruit ripens quicker when placed beside a banana or apple
  • Avocados were once a luxury food reserved for the table of royalty, but are now enjoyed around the world by people from all walks of life.
  • To find out if an avocado is ripe, look for the dry little spot on the stem If it is green the avocado is perfectly ripe. If it is brown the fruit is overripe
  • Avocados rank among the lowest of all fruits and vegetables for pesticide use. Their thick skin also protects the inner fruit from pesticides and need to purchase organic varieties for protection from pesticides.

Along with these benefits, avocados are good for blood sugar health, eye health, cardio vascular health. Immune system booster and also helps in weight loss.