Nutrition Research
Nutrition Research
Learn the latest on avocado nutrition health science
Find nutrition reseach on the benefits of avocados for cardiovascular health, weight management, type 2 diabetes, and healthy living at every age
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Using the avocado as an evening snack to investigate whole food matrix and macronutrient composition on morning metabolic indices in adults with prediabetes
What’s Inside: Can an avocado snack at night support better morning metabolism? 🥑 This new study explores how whole food structure and macronutrient composition impact metabolic markers in adults with prediabetes. The findings might surprise you. 👀
Effect of Daily Avocado Intake on Cardiovascular Health Assessed by Life’s Essential 8: An Ancillary Study of HAT, a Randomized Controlled Trial
What’s Inside: This study examined the effect of daily avocado intake for 26 weeks on the American Heart Association's cardiovascular health score (LE8). Learn what avocados can do for diet quality, sleep health, and blood lipids.
Effect of daily avocado consumption for 6 mo compared with habitual diet on red blood cell fatty acid profiles and association with cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with abdominal obesity: a randomized trial
What’s Inside: To compare the effect of consuming 1 avocado/d relative to habitual diet (HAB) on RBC-FA profiles, and their association with visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with abdominal obesity.
Avocado intake and cardiometabolic risk factors in a representative survey of Australians: a secondary analysis of the 2011–2012 national nutrition and physical activity survey
What’s Inside: Avocados are a rich source of nutrients including monounsaturated fats, dietary fibre and phytochemicals. Higher dietary quality is reported in studies of consumers with higher avocado intakes. The present study aimed to examine avocado consumption and cardiometabolic risk measures in a representative sample of Australian adults.
Avocado Consumption Is Associated With a Reduction in Hypertension Incidence in Mexican Women
What’s Inside: Avocados contain nutritional components that have been associated with cardiovascular health. This study is an investigation of avocado intake and elevated blood pressure in Mexican women.
Effect of Incorporating 1 Avocado Per Day Versus Habitual Diet on Visceral Adiposity: A Randomized Trial
What’s Inside: Short‐term well‐controlled clinical trials suggest that regular avocado consumption favorably affects body weight, visceral adiposity, and satiety.
Avocado Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults
What’s Inside: Higher avocado intake was associated with lower risk of CVD and coronary heart disease in 2 large prospective cohorts of US men and women. The replacement of certain fat‐containing foods with avocado could lead to lower risk of CVD.
The Effects of Foods on LDL Cholesterol Levels: A Systematic Review of the Accumulated Evidence From Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials
What’s Inside: This study systematically evaluates the evidence regarding the effects of foods on LDL cholesterol levels and to compare the findings with current guidelines. With moderate evidence, avocados caused moderate to large reductions.
A Moderate-Fat Diet with One Avocado per Day Increases Plasma Antioxidants and Decreases the Oxidation of Small, Dense LDL in Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
What’s Inside: Avocados are a nutrient-dense source of MUFAs and are rich in antioxidants. Avocados have an additional LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering effect beyond that observed when their MUFAs are substituted for SFAs, especially on small, dense LDL (sdLDL) particles, which are susceptible to in vivo oxidation and associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We investigated whether a healthy diet with 1 avocado daily decreased the following secondary outcomes: circulating oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and related oxidative stress markers.
