We all know that avocado, also known as butter fruit, can be said to be one of the most delicious foods. Many people love avocados because of their high nutritional value. The content to be shared with you below is: “What are the benefits of eating avocados to promote digestion, lose weight, and slim down.” Let’s take a look together!
Antioxidant, avocados need to be eaten quickly after cutting open, otherwise, they will oxidize and change color. It can be seen that avocados contain rich antioxidant substances, including oxidizing phenols, peroxidases, and various vitamins. These substances can help the body eliminate free radicals after consumption, relieve organ aging, and especially exert the strongest protective effect on the liver.
Promote digestion, avocados are rich in dietary fiber, which will absorb a large amount of water and expand in the stomach after consumption. This stimulates the secretion of gastric acid and intestinal fluid, enhances gastrointestinal digestive function, moistens stools, promotes bowel movements, and has a lubricating and defecating effect.
Promote brain development, avocados are also high in folic acid content. We all know that this component is a necessary nutrient for pregnant women, mainly promoting fetal brain growth and development. Therefore, consuming avocados during pregnancy can prevent congenital neural tube defects in fetuses.
Weight loss, avocados contain a large amount of dietary fiber and unsaturated fatty acids. Dietary fiber will absorb a lot of water and expand in the stomach after consumption, increasing the feeling of fullness, reducing the intake of other foods. It can also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce the absorption of fat in food. Unsaturated fatty acids can promote the metabolism of saturated fatty acids, reduce fat formation and accumulation, and assist in weight loss and slimming.
Beauty and skincare, avocados contain rich vitamin A, protein, and 30% precious plant oil “oleic acid.” Its composition is very similar to the structure of natural sebum membrane, with good skin affinity. It has instant filling and repairing effects on damaged skin exposed to ultraviolet rays. It can lock in cell moisture for a long time and deeply moisturize the skin.
Lower cholesterol, avocados contain a large amount of oleic acid, which is a monounsaturated fatty acid that can replace saturated fats in the diet to lower cholesterol levels.
Above mainly introduces the benefits of eating avocados, do you understand? Let’s continue to learn how to eat avocados.
Make a smoothie, add avocados with appropriate milk or yogurt, add honey, put them in a blender, blend them into a smoothie. This is a favorite for children and young people.
Dip in sugar, pick a ripe and soft avocado, cut it in half, remove the pit, scrape the flesh from the skin, crush it, mix it with a tablespoon of white sugar, and eat it directly with a spoon.
Dip in soy sauce and mustard, dip a slightly raw avocado in mustard soy sauce, a favorite of the Japanese. Take a greenish avocado, cut it in half, remove the pit, then cut it into halves, peel off the skin with a small knife, slice the flesh into 0.5cm ~ 1cm pieces, plate it; prepare a small dish of light soy sauce, a little mustard. Dip and eat, the taste is similar to salmon belly and tuna belly.
Direct consumption, wash the avocado, peel and pit it, cut it into small pieces, eat it directly, pay attention to savor it slowly, as the taste may take some getting used to.
Make salad, cut the avocado into 1 cm cubes, combine with peas, corn kernels, and your favorite vegetable dices (such as blanched broccoli, cucumber, tomatoes, etc.), then mix with salad dressing or tomato sauce.
Spread on bread slices, a very simple way to eat. After cutting open the avocado, scoop it out with a spoon, as a jam, spread evenly on a bread slice, add strawberry jam or honey, and the taste will be quite good.
Helpful tip: Avocados must be eaten fresh and not left for too long, or they will quickly oxidize and turn yellow, even adding lemon juice won’t help much.
