The Avocado: A Way To Thwart Metabolic Syndrome

There are many different health risk factors that are a growing concern to countless individuals. Things like high blood sugar, blood pressure, increased body mass index, cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. A new review is investigating how one particular superfood can potentially help a variety of these metabolic issues. Avocado is regarded as one of the most nutritionally dense foods you can consume. As such, it is believed that its tremendous components can potentially protect the body from some of these health concerns.

Avocados have a high lipid profile which helps to increase your good cholesterol levels, lower your bad cholesterol levels and alter your triglycerides. What's incredible about the avocado is that the peel, seed, leaves and flesh all have differing affects on metabolic syndrome. The amount of fatty acids, minerals, carotenoids and vitamins are exceptional across the board. The lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, anti diabetic, anti-obesity, anti thrombotic, antiatheroscherotic and cardioprotective effects of avocado have been demonstrated in several studies, an author for the Phytotherapy Research review stated.

Lipid-Lowering Properties

What's so impressive about avocados that many other healthy foods can't claim is how beneficial they are to so many different aspects of health. With their lipid lowering properties, the heart can thrive and arteries won't be unnecessarily clogged by the gunk and grit that comes with so many other savory types of fats that actually do more harm than good. The hypertension that comes with a bad diet is also subverted in the face of avocado. The reason avocado is such a rariety is that it's a healthy fat and a vegetable. So it does more than many other foods can do.

The fat content in the food is great for diabetics because the struggle with carbs and sugar are constantly ongoing for them. Not only can a diet in fats help overcome that issue by balancing out their blood sugar and allowing healthy fats to fuel their bodies, but also the fact that avocado helps to better regulate the levels of insulin that diabetics so desperately need. There has been much said about fat in our food industry and much of the low-fat craze was actually very harmful to the general public. Sugar is often more dangerous than fat even comes close to being.

Extraordinary Benefits

Sugar actually contributes more to obesity, weight gain and the sudden increase in diabetes than anything else. Yet fat is blamed for people getting fat. It's simply what we believe and what we understand about how food works. Avocados are nutrient rich, flavorful fruits that go well with many different foods. Not only are they tasty but the benefits they are shown to provide simply can't be found in any other single food item. Pretty extraordinary.

The amount of vitamins and minerals in avocados are exceptional as it's a great source of potassium and calcium, both things that are essential to the body. Not only do these things help the nervous system and how strong bones are, but they both effect mood and your brain as well. Avocados are also high in electrolytes which are essential for the overall functioning of your immune system. This helps you ward off things like colds, flus and viruses.

All in all, avocados are pretty close to pure nutritional gold.

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