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How to Buy and Eat an Avocado

Table of Contents

1.	Avocados - Overview
2.	Avocados are Nutrient Rich
3.	Powerful Nutrient Booster
4.	Avocados & Weight Loss
5.	Avocados & Cancer
6.	How to Buy and Eat

An unripe avocado will have none of the delicious creaminess of a ripe one. When shopping for avocados, select fruit that is unblemished, without cracks or dark sunken spots. A ripe avocado will yield slightly to the touch when pressed, and this slight softness indicates it's ready to eat. It's often difficult to find a ripe avocado in the store, but it will ripen at home in a few days in a paper bag or on the kitchen counter. Plan in advance so you'll have ripe avocados when you need them. Do not refrigerate avocados.

Guacamole is a favorite use for avocado and I've included a great "guac" recipe. There are many variations on this basic recipe, the simplest probably being mashing a ripe avocado with a roughly equal amount of prepared salsa.

My favorite ways to eat avocados are:

• Spread on toasted whole-grain bread and topped with salsa
• As a garnish for turkey tacos

• Diced into any green leafy salad

If you're counting calories, that's no reason to exclude avocados from your diet, just use them judiciously. For example:

• Spread a bit of mashed avocado on a sandwich in place of mayo.

• Chop and sprinkle avocado on top of a bean soup.

• Add to tofu and spices and blend to make a delicious, creamy dressing

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These nutritional powerhouse foods are loaded with nutrients crucial to a healthy, long life.

If you can include a variety of them in your diet, everyday, we promise they will change your life!

These foods were chosen because they contain high concentrations of crucial nutrients, as well as the fact that many of them are low in calories. Foods containing these nutrients have been proven to help prevent and, in some cases, reverse the well-known effects of aging, including cardiovascular disease, Type II Diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers.

When you click on each superfood you’ll find information including a list of the primary nutrients that elevated them to superfood status.

This is not meant to be a complete list of every single nutrient that food contains, but rather, a list of the high-profile nutrients that have shown health benefits and that are present in that food in sufficient quantity to make a difference. Many of the superfoods have “Sidekicks”. These are foods that are generally in the same category as the flagship superfood and offer a similar nutrient profile.

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