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.
Serum Metabolite Profiles in Adults With Abdominal Obesity in Response to Consuming 1 Avocado Daily for 6 Months: An Exploratory Analysis
What’s Inside: Avocado consumption has been associated with improvements in diet quality and cardiometabolic risk factors, but effects on serum metabolite profiles remain underexplored.
Effects of Increasing Total Fruit Intake With Avocado and Mango on Endothelial Function and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults With Prediabetes
What’s Inside: Low fruit intake is a global risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases. This study sought to investigate vascular and metabolic effects of increasing total and select fruit intake in adults with prediabetes.
Avocado Consumption Patterns and Nutrient Contribution in the US: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020 and August 2021–August 2023
What’s Inside: This study aimed to characterize the prevalence, quantity, and context of avocado intake among the US population and to evaluate its contribution to daily nutrient intake.
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. 👀
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.
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.
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.
