Reasons to Eat Avocado Every Day

Avocados are often considered a treat; something you add to your salad, what you make guacamole chip dip with, or an added ingredient for your favorite sandwich. However, avocados are healthier than you might think. Not only are they considered one of the good fats but they are also a superfood. Here are some reasons to start eating avocados every day.

Avocados Have a Lot of Nutrients

The list of vitamins and minerals in avocados seems to go on and on. There are over 2 dozen vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. This includes vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin BE, potassium, folate, fiber, lutein, and beta-carotene. You will also find smaller amounts of other nutrients, including B1, B2 and B3, vitamin A, phosphorous, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc. These vitamins lead avocados to helping with the following different health benefits.

They Can Improve Heart Health

One of the most important parts of your body that you need to focus on is your heart. Far too many people take their heart health for granted, eating loads of saturated fat that clogs the arteries and leads to heart disease. The bright side is that avocados taste delicious, but are also considered heart-healthy foods. Beta-sitosterol is in avocados, which is a type of natural plant sterol. This can help reduce your cholesterol, which then helps strengthen your heart health.

You Can Protect Your Vision

Avocados also happen to be great for your vision! This is another part of the body that is often overlooked. Many age-related eye conditions can be lessened or avoided altogether with healthy eating. Avocados contain phytochemicals like zeaxanthin and lutein, which help to provide antioxidant protection to the tissues of the eyes. This can help protect against permanent damage from UV light, as well as helping to reduce age-related macular generation.

Avocados Contain a Lot of Potassium

When people think about adding more potassium in their diet, they often turn to bananas first. While bananas are definitely a great option (and also a superfood!), avocados actually have a higher potassium content than the yellow fruit. In a small 3.5 ounce serving of avocado, you get 100 grams of potassium. This is about 14 percent of the RDA, while bananas contain about 10 percent of the RDA. With more potassium, you reduce stomach cramps, lower your risk for stroke and heart attack, and can lower your blood pressure.

You Can Absorb More Nutrition

If you eat a lot of plant foods and you should  you might not be getting the full amount of nutrition you should from them. That is because some nutrients are fat soluble, which means you have to eat them with an appropriate fat to absorb them, which is where avocado comes in. Fat soluble nutrients include antioxidants and vitamins A, D, E and K.

You can eat avocados plain, serve as a side dish, slice up to put in soup, chili or salad, or make some healthy dip. Never avoid them because your afraid of the fat in them. There are plenty of people who eat these every day and are not over weight. The benefit of them far out way anything that might be considered bad.