Talk:Avocado

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AVOCADO. Benefits circulation, lowers cholesterol, dilates blood vessels. It's main fat, monounsaturated oleic acid (also concentrated in olive oil), acts as an antioxidant to block artery-destroying toxicity of bad-type-LDL cholesterol. One of the richest sources of glutathione, a powerful antioxidant shown to block thirty different carcinogens and to block proliferation of the AIDS virus in test tube experiments.

That avocados are fattening is actually a myth: 'Avocados are sodium-and-Cholesterol-free and have only five grams of fat per serving, most of it the monounsaturated kind'. Plus, Two mature avocado trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four! refer: [1]