AVOCADOS

I'm a bit confused about limiting avocados. My Abuela in Venezuela had a lot of fruit trees. She had mangos, nispero, mamomes, limes, pineapples, coconuts, and avocados. The fruit would go to waste if they weren't eaten?? I can't imagine limiting them??

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Permalink Reply by vegan witch Ⓥ on March 27, 2012 at 11:24am

avos are great - i love them and i live in a mountain that has some of the words fines avos but they are high in fats

olive = 100% fat 0% protein 0% carbs

avo = 79% fat 4% protein 18% carbs

so out of the two the avo wins but dont forget the diet here is no more than 10% fats no more than 10% protein and no less than 80% carbs - so you can only ever have a tiny little bit.

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Permalink Reply by jaime on March 27, 2012 at 12:10pm

read 80-10-10. high fat diet=high health problems. eating avocados = high fat diet if you are eating more than 1/2-1 per day depending on size and calorie consumption and avocado size.

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Permalink Reply by Karmyn on March 27, 2012 at 4:03pm

Enjoy the avos! The season's short and you can make up for eating more in the way of fat by going 9/5/5. The key thing to do is average 80/10/10 over the course of several months or a year! Plus I'm sure after indulging in them for a while you will end up getting sick of them or you will notice negative side effects from eating them.

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Permalink Reply by Lemme Saunders on March 27, 2012 at 11:02pm

An average size Avo (200g) yeilds 322 cals, 247 from fat, so eat one a day and add 2250 kcals of other food. You want to eat 2 every now an then, go ahead.

If you're raw, you're still way ahead of the SAD diet. start smashing over 500 cals from fat on a regular basis, and you need a lot more cals than I do that's for sure. I'm jealous, AVO's come an go with the seasons here, usually rock hard, and ripening them is an art. Oh, and expensive.

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Permalink Reply by Raw Mormon Mommy on March 28, 2012 at 6:02am

Thank you all for the great advice!!!

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Permalink Reply by William Williams on March 28, 2012 at 6:36am

I would just eat them and see how you feel.

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Permalink Reply by Kenny F on December 5, 2012 at 4:15am

Avocados are yummy healthy treats

They not full of a "green fruit butter" like some people might picture, if you were to cook them they don't melt.

They are full of: Phytochemicals, Fiber, Vitamins, Minerals, Carbohydrates, Protein, and of course Fat.

They are high in Fat, 20-30 grams each depending on the size.

I take about 1/3 to 1/2 and blend it up with some Herbs, Tomatoes, Coconut Water, and some other things to make a Raw salad dressing, it's really good.