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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Avocado Pear Is A Delight Of Indulgence

By Anastacia Sampson

Avocado pears are like ice-cream except not as icy! Rather scoop chilled avocado fruit instead of ice-cream while different varieties vary in taste. Also known as ?alligator pears? due to their alligator-like outer peel feel; avocados have emigrated all the way from America, and are now grown on other continents. Although we may shun avocado pears as they are about 70% fats, they are health if eaten in moderation.

Let?s partly appreciate the value of fats, consider Vitamin E and carotenoids as toddlers arriving at the airport. Then imagine that the airport is our digestive system and it is a busy airport where we need signs to guide us as adults. A toddler can easily get lost and to be guided to the right areas toddlers need to hold hands with adults. The adults offering hands are the fats. It is worth it for your health to not do yourself a disservice by having a severely low fat diet to the point of harm. Do rather have a moderately low fat diet but remember you may not need the harmful types but you need some healthy types, and we can enjoy indulging in something like dips and increase your healthy living!

It does happen that often there is a time for dips! It is especially that some may like to dip while nibbling and snacking at parties. We know they can be unhealthy, well we can mix and serve our own healthy types. No one needs to be grumpy as you watch others have dip, and you feel you miss the action. Smashed avocado pear with lemon (to discourage browning) and black pepper (for flavour) is simple. How about cayenne pepper to give a spike to the palate and tongue? Or add herbs to your avocado dip for that exotic taste? Ideas can be vast and it is up to you to check out what your taste buds prefer.

The avocado fruits are not the highest suppliers of folic acid, a type of B vitamin that protectively keeps away foetal abnormalities (abnormal development of the baby in the womb). We may recommend avocados for pregnancy as is commonly done. Leafy vegetables and grapefruit are great folic acid suppliers. During pregnancy, women may enjoy knowing cabbages have high calcium content and tend to help with ulcers. The avocadoes contain useful levels of Vitamin E and are excellent antioxidant suppliers. Avocados supply glutathione, which protects against ageing and other disease development. During pregnancy the need for calories can increase slightly and avocados serve well to meet those needs.

All in all we can all do with a serving of this fatty fruit. Preparation is simple; it has a large rounded hard pip in the middle. Spread it on bread and other foods. Instead of processed spreads try avocado butter for green sandwiches with a spice or herb to flavour it. We do become creatures of habit and rely on spreads, and are often bombarded by the media with them proclaiming a newly formed margarine as being healthy. Indeed margarine products may contain sterols and sterols (in plants) do protect against harmful cholesterol levels. Nonetheless margarine is mostly a processed food. Try more of Nature?s non-mucked about food to support our body?s health. Prepare a slice of toast with a spread of mashed soft buttery avocado pear. Then sparsely sprinkle on salt for taste if you need. While avocados are rich and creamy in texture, scoop up that indulgent fruit but in moderation. - 17273

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