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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Avocado consumption during pregnancy linked to lower child food allergy risk: prospective KuBiCo study
What’s Inside: Maternal exposures during pregnancy play a critical role in offspring’s health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate how maternal avocado consumption during pregnancy relates to offspring allergic health outcomes using the Kuopio Birth Cohort (KuBiCo) Study.
Impact of daily avocado consumption on gut microbiota in adults with abdominal obesity: an ancillary study of HAT, a randomized controlled trial
What’s Inside: Did you miss this one? This study aimed to investigate short-term and long-term impact of avocado consumption without caloric restriction on the gut microbiota of free-living adults with abdominal obesity.
The Effect of Daily Avocado Intake on Food and Nutrient Displacement in a Free-Living Population with Abdominal Obesity
What’s Inside: This secondary analysis, conducted using dietary data from the Habitual Diet and Avocado Trial, sought to assess the effect of consuming a large avocado (168 g, 281 kcal) daily in the avocado-supplemented diet (AD) group compared with the habitual diet (HD) group on food and nutrient D.
One Avocado per Day as Part of Usual Intake Improves Diet Quality: Exploratory Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
What’s Inside: Few clinical trials have evaluated diet quality change as a predictor of intervention effectiveness.The aim was to examine changes in the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) following a food-based intervention, and assess the associations between HEI-2015 change and intervention effects on cardiometabolic risk-related outcomes.
Nutritional Avocado Intervention Improves Physical Activity Measures in Hispanic/Latino Families: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
What’s Inside: Nutrition and physical activity are key components for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. There remains a paucity of trial data on the effect of specific nutritional interventions on physical activity and sedentary time. One question is how a common nutrient-dense food such as avocado may impact physical activity and sedentary time in Hispanic/Latino families, a group that reports the lowest levels of physical activity.
Prospective Study of Avocado Consumption and Cancer Risk in U.S. Men and Women
What’s Inside: Avocados contain nutrients and phytochemicals that make it promising for cancer prevention, and chemopreventive properties have been demonstrated in prior studies.
Avocado Consumption Increased Skin Elasticity and Firmness in Women – A Pilot Study
What’s Inside: This pilot study assesses whether oral consumption of one avocado daily for 8 weeks can reduce skin aging in healthy overweight women assessing skin physical characteristics and resistance to UVB radiation.
A Comprehensive Review of Hass Avocado Clinical Trials, Observational Studies, and Biological Mechanisms
What’s Inside: The first comprehensive review of fresh Hass avocados includes 19 clinical trials, five observational studies, and biological mechanisms.
Effects of Different Allotments of Avocados on the Nutritional Status of Families: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
What’s Inside: Avocados are a nutrient-dense plant-food, but limited trial-derived evidence exists about the effects of avocado intake on family nutritional status. Culturally-appropriate plant-food interventions may alter the nutritional status of at-risk families.
