Avocado Nutrition
Avocado Nutrition
Learn all the facts you need to love fresh avocados even more
Discover the avocado benefits for heart health, weight management, type 2 diabetes, and healthy living at every age
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Avocados & Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are one of three macronutrients (protein and fat are the other two) and are classified as simple or complex. Simple carbohydrates include sugars like glucose, fructose (fruit sugar) and sucrose (table sugar). Complex carbohydrates include starches and fiber. The primary function of carbohydrates (except fiber) is to provide energy for the body, especially the brain and the nervous system.
Avocados, Cholesterol & Plant Sterols
Avocados not only are a great tasting anytime snack, they also contain monounsaturated “good” fats and phytosterols. In addition, they can help Americans meet the dietary goals of the American Heart Association.
Heart Health Month & Simple Ways to Add Avocados
Cardiovascular/Heart Disease prevention is important. According to the CDC regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, limiting alcohol use and eating a healthy diet can help.
Avocados for Early Stages
From Pregnancy to School-Aged Kids
From pregnancy to first food, from school-age to adulthood, teach your little one avocado goodness, from the very beginning.
Avocados & Belly Fat
Mayo Clinic (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) suggests eating a healthy diet as a way to help fight belly fat, including emphasizing plant-based foods and replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats while keeping portion sizes in check.
Avocados & Sugar
Avocados are a single-seeded berry in fact despite often being confused as vegetable. Moreover, not only are avocados sugar-free per serving they also have the least amount of sugar per serving than any other fresh fruit.
Absorbing Fat-Soluble Vitamins & How Avocados Can Help
Learn how the good unsaturated fats in avocados are a nutrient booster that can help the body better absorb fat-soluble vitamins like Vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Avocados and Potassium
Boost your potassium intake with avocados! Discover their nutritional benefits, compare them to bananas, and learn how they support heart health and more.
Protein in Avocados
Protein is found in a wide variety of animal and plant foods. For protein, plant-based sources and/or animal-based sources can be incorporated into a healthy eating pattern.
Nutritional Information
About Avocados
Avocados contain…
- 80 calories per 50 gram serving
(approximately ⅓ medium avocado)
and…
- 3 grams of fiber
- 0 grams of sugar
- 5 grams of monounsaturated fat
- 1 gram of polyunsaturated fat
- 1 gram of saturated fat
The good fats in avocados also play other important roles in your diet and health:
- The body needs some fat to help with nutrient absorption.
- The type and amount of fat you eat is key to a healthy diet.
- Avocados are essentially the only fruit with good fats.
With the predominant fat in an avocado being unsaturated fat, avocados can be substituted for foods higher in saturated fat such as butter and other full-fat spreads. According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats can reduce the LDL (bad) cholesterol level in the blood, which can lower your risk of heart disease and stroke.
The unsaturated fat in avocados can also act as a nutrient booster by helping increase the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K, and E.
Include delicious, fresh, heart-healthy avocados in meals, recipes, and snacks! Avocados count toward your fruit and vegetable intake and provide several under-consumed nutrients by contributing nearly 20 vitamins and minerals to your diet in a single serving.
With all these good reasons to enjoy avocados, you may want to make them part of your healthy eating plan. So, go ahead and Love One Today!
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