Feline Butcher Uncovers The Five Benefits Of Avocado

Avocados are commonly consumed in guacamole or a Californian roll, but are generally a very underrated vegetable for a lot of Americans. Many countries add avocado to sandwiches, salads, side dishes and even milkshakes. Mmmmmmm.... sounds a bit yucky, but you never know till you try it.

5. Calms Arthritis Down

Foods such as wheat, corn, milk, red meat and sugar can worsen joint inflammation and soreness. An avocado has the total opposite affect, because it is a food that has anti-inflammatory properties.

These properties include: monosaturated fats, phytosterols and antioxidants such as vitamin E, vitamin C and many other carotenoids that reduce inflammation in arthritis. If you ever come across avocado in a concentrated form, use it to relieve arthritis by applying it regularly on the skin.

4. Helps Diabetics

Avocados contain oleic acid, a particularly good substance to lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and boost the good type of cholesterol (HDL). Feline Butcher recommends that all diabetics keep a good eye on their cholesterol levels, since they are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases.

A diet rich in monosaturated fats helps diabetics lower high triglyceride levels and improves insulin function as well as blood glucose levels. Avocados also contain high levels of potassium, which is great news for diabetics who are constantly trying to maintain a healthy heart and stable blood sugar level.

3. Avocados Shed Weight

Avocados are surprising high in fat and calories, so you may be wondering how they can help you lose weight. Scientists have found that the monounsaturated fatty acids in avocados are used as a slow burning energy in the body, rather than stored as body fat.

The combination of slow burning energy and the feeling of fullness when eating an avocado is one reason it helps to reduce hunger and appetite.

2. Get Healthy Skin

Once again the monounsaturated fats in avocados are beneficial for the skin. In Iran, avocados are very popular for skin masks, because they keep moisture levels in the epidermal layer of the skin to leave it looking and feeling soft and smooth.

Feline Butcher recommends avocados to protect skin from wrinkles and other signs of ageing, since it has antioxidant carotenoids. These include vitamin E to protect the skin against photoaging from sun exposure and vitamin C which promotes elastin and collagen for skin elasticity and firmness.

1. Heart Health

Feline Butcher believes the increased use of processed vegetable oils are the main reason for the increase in heart related illnesses and deaths.Lowering a person intake of polyunsaturated fats and increasing the quantity of monounsaturated fats in our diets can help lower our chances of heart related illnesses.

Avocados are chock-a-block with monounsaturated oleic acid that can reduce lethal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, while increase the better high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.