Avacados, the once most hated, is now something everyone loves to eat. Thanks to its benefits and advantages. There are some amazing avocado benefits like losing weight, fighting your skin problems and lowering risk of many life-threatening diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart diseases, high blood pressure and constipation.
Primary Benefits of Avocados:
1.Cardiovascular Health:
Avocado is an excellent source of monounsaturated oleic acid which reduces LDL cholesterol in the blood at the same time and increases the more beneficial HDL cholesterol. Avocado can also decrease high blood triglyceride levels.
2.Blood Pressure:
Avocados are quite rich in potassium, and a good food to eat for normal blood pressure and a lower risk of kidney failure and heart disease.
3.Cancer Prevention:
Avocados are a good source of antioxidant carotenoids like alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin, which protect your body’s cells against cancerous changes due to free radical damage and are considered your front line of defence against numerous diseases.
4.Skin:
The monounsaturated fats in avocado are also beneficial for toning skin and appearance and are vital for maintaining good moisture levels in the epidermal layer of your skin that make it healthy.
5.Diabetes:
The oleic acid in avocado is especially recommended for its ability to lower ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol while raising the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol. Keeping cholesterol levels in check is vital for diabetics as they have a much higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
6.Arthritis:
Avocados contain high levels of monounsaturated fats, phytosterols and antioxidants like vitamin E, vitamin C and a variety of carotenoids that can help reduce the inflammation that leads to arthritis.
7.Constipation:
Avocado contains 8 grams of fibres per cup of the fresh fruit which is beneficial for improving digestion, encouraging regular bowel movements and well known to help prevent constipation.
By: Archa Dave
