Nutrition Research
Nutrition Research
Learn the latest on avocado nutrition health science
Find nutrition research on the benefits of avocados for cardiovascular health, weight management, type 2 diabetes, and healthy living at every age
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The Effect of Including One Avocado Daily in a Habitual Diet on the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Free-living Adults with Overweight/Obesity
What’s Inside: Avocados are low in carbohydrates, but rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, fiber, and other bioactive compounds. This raises the question of whether eating one avocado a day could lower the GI and GL of the diet, potentially reducing cardiometabolic risk.
Effects of Replacing Solid Fats and Added Sugars with Avocado in Adults with Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Feeding, Crossover Trial
What’s Inside: This study assessed the effects of replacing solid fats and added sugars with avocado in a typical American diet for adults with increased cardiometabolic risk.
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 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.
Association between avocado consumption and diabetes in Mexican adults: Results from the 2012, 2016, and 2018 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys
What’s Inside: Avocado contains numerous vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, which can contribute to reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes. However, limited studies have examined the association between avocados and diabetes risk.
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.
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.
Associations between Metabolomic Biomarkers of Avocado Intake and Glycemia in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
What’s Inside: Avocado consumption is linked to better glucose homeostasis, but small associations suggest potential population heterogeneity.
Associations Between Avocado Intake and Measures of Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis in Hispanic Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
What’s Inside: The associations of avocado intake with measures of glycemia were evaluated in a cross-sectional analysis of up to 14,591 Hispanic/Latino adults.
