What is avocado really good for, anyway?
Before discovering how to preserve avocado, it’s really cool to understand a little more about this fruit with a creamy pulp and unique flavor, so you can enjoy it even better.
Anyone who lives in the fitness world should already know that avocado is a fruit rich in good fats, that is, those essential for the proper functioning of the body, responsible for the absorption of vitamins and other important nutrients.
The unsaturated fat present in avocados helps to reduce bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels, in addition to increasing the level of good cholesterol.
Avocados are also rich in fatty acids such as omega, phytosterols, tocopherols and squalene, which among other things help prevent cardiovascular disease.
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Avocado is rich in vitamins A, B, C and E and important minerals such as calcium, iron and phosphorus.
All these nutrients together guarantee that vitality boom for the skin and hair, as well as favoring the muscles and preventing premature aging.
And how to use this little green beauty in your daily diet? As if all the health benefits that avocados have to offer weren’t enough, the fruit is still amazing in the kitchen.
Thanks to its neutral and mild flavor, avocado is one of the few fruits that can be used in both sweet and savory preparations, although here, in Brazilian lands, avocado is better known in sweet recipes.
The most popular way to consume avocados is in the form of smoothies and smoothies. Just beat the fruit with some vegetable milk and a few drops of lemon and that’s it.
But you can still improve the preparation and make ice cream and mousses with the fruit.
Prefer something salty? Then incorporate the avocado into salads, chopped or in larger pieces, or in the preparation of a delicious guacamole, the traditional Mexican recipe.
