Friday, December 7, 2007

Amazing Avocado Fruit.

Fruit, but not sweet, green butter for all your dishes and could heal a lot of conditions in your body so here it is I introduce you to the Amazing Avocado Fruit.

1 whole avocado contains.

-35 grams of fat, though most of it monounsaturated.(good fat)
-60% more potassium than bananas.
(bananas are known for beeing the one fruit that contains more potassium)
-Also rich in
-B vitamins
-E vitamins
-K vitamins
They have the highest fiber content of any fruit 75% insoluble fiber and 25% soluble.
Bioquemistry.
A fatty triol that is a fatty alcohol,with one double bond,
- avocadene (16-heptadecene-1,2,4-triol),
is found in avocado and has been tested for anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory
properties related with the curative effects of avocado described for a number of ailments as diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pains and high blood pressure, joints, muscular pains, constipation.

In general this fruit is one of the best foods easy to digest and that contains a lot of vitamins, fats and fibers that the body needs, this is a fabulous meal for babies and Old people, it is so soft that you don't need your teeth to eat it.
My daugther eat avocados all her first year of life she loved it.
Everybody should include avocados in their diet.

Easy recipe for Avocado.
Guacamole.
Chop cilantro, cebolla and add a few drops of lemon and salt, mix it with the avocado and enjoy. You can add choped tomato optional.
Serve with chips or bread.
You can use advocado choped in soup, or to decorate all your dishes, is good in fish, perfect side for every meal, is like having green butter at the table. :)

The fruit of horticultural cultivars ranges from round to egg or pear shaped outside bright green to green-brown or almost black. A ripe avocado will yield to a gentle pressure when held in the palm of the hand and squeezed, eat just what is green not the black, the advocado most be not to hard not to soft to be good to eat. The flesh is typically greenish yellow to golden yellow when ripe. The flesh oxidaces and turns brown quickly after exposure to air prevent this, add lemon juice after they are peeled.
The avocado is very popular for vegetarians making an excellent substitute for meats in sandwiches and salads because of its high fat content. Is not sweet, but fatty, strongly flavored, and of smooth and creamy texture. It is used as the base for the Mexican dip guacamole see recipe above, used also in sushi as california rolls. Avocado is popular in chicken dishes and as a spread on toast, served with salt and pepper. In Brazil and Vietnam avocados are considered sweet fruits used for milk-shakes. \
served mixed with white rice, puree in chicken, hamburgers and hotdogs and in slices for celery or lettuce leaves.
Add avocado slices also to ceasers salad.
Avocado is also thought to promote physical beauty and is used in cosmetics to this day. The Aztecs in Mexico ate the fruit as an aphrodisiac.
So there is a bunch of reasons to start including avocados in your diet.
Have a great weekend. :)

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