Avocado is one of the world’s healthiest fruits that contains more nutrients, than many other fruits which are most beneficial to human health and eating it regularly can help people live healthier. The pear fruit gives you more nutrients once eaten than the foods you eat. There are some nutrients which are needed for daily consumption, that are likely to absent in the meal you have, but which they are adequately present in avocado. This makes avocado or pear to be more popular and desirable.
Avocado contains different nutrients and many health benefits. The pear fruit contains important vitamins and minerals which are needed to maintain human health. ‘According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), one medium- sized avocado contains about 250 calories, 23 grams of fat, 12 grams of fiber and various essential nutrients such as potassium, vitamin C, vitamin K, and folate.’
Put differently, avocado is a fruit that contains a lot of nutrients, which include fiber, healthy fats, vitamin C, Vitamin E, vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium and folate. Eating avocado often may enhance the high quality of your diet. A typical avocado of 201 grams may likely to contain the following nutritional values: 322 calories; 30 grams of fat; 4 grams of protein; 17 grams of carbs; 14 grams of fiber; vitamin C- 22 percent of the daily value; vitamin E- 28 percent of the daily value; vitamin K – 35 percent of the daily value; riboflavin (B2)- 20 percent of the daily value; niacin (B3) – 22 percent of the daily value; pantothenic acid (B5) – 56 percent of daily value; pyridoxine (B6) – 30 percent of the daily value; folate – 41 percent of the daily value; Magnesium – 14 percent of the daily value; potassium – 21 percent of the daily value; copper – 42 percent of the daily value and manganese – 12 percent of the daily value.
With these nutrients you can imagine how rich avocado fruit is! The fruit contains some nutrients such as magnesium, B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, and folate, with adequate nutritional value needed for daily consumption of whic hare often absent in large number of people’s food. The fruit also, contains adequate potassium, a half of typical avocado can give you potassium of 10 percent of the daily value. In other words, a typical half of pear when cut into two can provide 10 % of potassium needed for human daily consumption. Potassium helps to regulate blood pressure and nervous system function.
Avocado or pear has adequate fiber which improve your healthy digestive system. Avocado may also boost the normal levels of heart-protective high – density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, which is known as ‘good’ cholesterol and reduce levels of oxidized low – density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol which is sometimes known as “bad” cholesterol, because increase in LDL level may build-up cholesterol in the arteries which may affect the free flow of blood in the body.
Avocado is also a notable source of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds such as vitamin C, vitamin E and the carotenoid lutein. In addition, an article published by Health & Cooking Guide shows that vitamin E in avocado reduces inflammation in human body. In other words, avocado contains substances that work against undue body swollen due infection or injury. It contains the substances that prevent or delay some types of cell damage, these substance are, vitamin C, vitamin E and carotenoid lutein. Lutein is an antioxidant which can be rightly classified as a member of carotenoid group. Carotenoid is a pigament (colour) that gives colour to plants e.g. fruits & vegetables. Still, put differently, antioxidants fight against the action of reactive compounds known as free radicals that may cause damage to bodily organs, if not checked, and consequently, affects human health. However, the article published by both National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Medical-News-Today reveal that lutein and zeaxanthin are the antioxidants found in avocado which are the two phytochemicals or phytonutrients i.e. (nutrient derived from a plant source) existing or present in the eye tissue, which have a role In visual function, by providing antioxidant protection to make it easier to reduce damage to the lowest possible level, including from UV (Ultraviolet) light or radiation. NLM also reveals that avocado is one of the dietary recommendations which may be an effective strategy for cognitive health or cognitive development i.e. (understanding or good memory). And, avocado is one of the major sources of antioxidant.
It’s also gathered that avocado may help to reduce body weight, because it contains high fiber and healthy fat content, hence, eating more fiber may help to maintain healthier body weights. In addition, eating avocado may also help the pregnant women to obtain the recommended folate intake, needed during pregnancy, so as, to help them to avoid pregnancy complications. The writer has read different articles on health benefits of avocado to pregnant women. The articles claim different benefits, but different from each other as benefits of avocado to pregnant women. However, in this article, one particular fact that exists and remains, which to follow here and that is also common to different articles read by the writer, so far is that avocado contain various nutrients needed to maintain good health, of which the writer also believes that some of the nutrients may be needed in greater amount during pregnancy.
In conclusion, there are different publications of avocado health benefits that are treated differently by different writers for example, Medical News Today pointed out 12 health benefits of avocado in sub-title which include: Rich in nutrients; Healthy for the heart; Great for vision; May help prevent osteoporosis (bone health); Components may prevent cancer; Supporting fetal health i.e. (improving pregnancy health);Reducing depression risk; Improving digestive; Natural detoxification; Osteoarthritis i.e. (preventing knee pain or joint disease) relief; Antimicrobial action i.e. (preventing the body from harmful organisms); and Protection from chronic disease. Another publication by webmd.com explains that eating avocado will prevent you from different health problems such as Cancer, Arthritis and osteoporosis, Depression, and Inflammation. The webmd.com explains further that avocado intake may help to: improve your digestive system, blood pressure, heart condition, vision, and improve your baby’s health during pregnancy. Other articles also reveal that avocado fruit helps in weight loss; it’s good for men’s health; it moisturizes the skin; prevents liver damage among others. However, in summary, all the publications given here prove that avocado is important to your health in various ways. The pear fruit is made up of various nutrients that make it unique among other fruits with less nutrients.
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