Avocados -- Super Food or Something Else?

I eat it every day, but not an entire one, just about a quarter of one. It doesn't seem to hinder my weight loss at all. If it fits in your macros, I don't see why eating a whole one would be bad either, but that's entirely up to you.

I don't think avocados are super food, because every single natural fruit or vegetable has a lot said about how good they are etc... especially grapefruit, onions and celery. But I also don't think one avocado a day will keep you from losing weight, avocados are better than eating bread or a cheeseburger etc.

Just log the calories in and stick to your calorie limit, and exercise

As my username suggests .. I absolutely LOVE avocados! Before I embarked on this journey I'd eat 3-4 a DAY! They do have a lot of calories but they are good calories and good fats in them. I'd still eat them in moderation now, though.

I use a little on a sandwich in place of mayo. The idea is that it is a healthy fat source. Like you and the others said, a little goes a long way. I wouldn't do like the folks on the subway commercials.

I love avocados! I have an ounce or so each morning on toast with hard boiled egg white.

My only problem is getting them to ripen and soften up. Are there any tricks for this?

I also like to try to grow my avocado pits. I have a number of them in various stages of sprouting (something I did as a kid)!

If you keep them in a brown paper bag, they will ripen a little faster. I think because they emit some sort of oxidization that get trapped and soaked up by the bag.

if you put an apple in the brown paper bag with the avocado, it speeds up the ripening.

I love avocados! I have an ounce or so each morning on toast with hard boiled egg white.

My only problem is getting them to ripen and soften up. Are there any tricks for this?

I also like to try to grow my avocado pits. I have a number of them in various stages of sprouting (something I did as a kid)!

Put them in brown paper bags!!!

I use a ripe avacado as a "butter" sometimes for toast in a sandwich; not the entire thing of course. I might spread it on a gluten free bread toasted with lettuce and fresh tomato this time of year. One cup of avocado has 5 grams of protein, 16 grams of fiber, 0 cholesterol and although 35 grams of total fat, only 5 grams of saturated. This is FAR better then some foods and a comparable amount of chicken has 108 mg of cholesterol according to the nutrition data site I go to for analysis of the foods I eat. Use it instead of butter or mayo.
I check food values on self's nutrition data site and find it very helpful. I am new so I will not send a link but it is a great way to check the value of foods easily.:flowerforyou:

man and I already was craving an avocado. Now I want one even more.... time to go to the store!

i have just recently (within the last year or so) found the avocado love! I agree with others, they are good in moderation. I have a question though - how do you keep yours from turning brown on you? I only eat a quarter to a half of one at a time so what should I do with the rest of it?

to keep it from browning leave the pit /seed on the half that you are not eating covered and store away, or you can remove the pit/seed and squeeze some lime juice on it . I myself love avocados as well and like to eat it with honey, or mash it up in a cup with some honey and milk

This works! Also, I did not know buying an unripe(hard)avocado, and then putting it a brown paper bag will make it ripen nicely!!

i have just recently (within the last year or so) found the avocado love! I agree with others, they are good in moderation. I have a question though - how do you keep yours from turning brown on you? I only eat a quarter to a half of one at a time so what should I do with the rest of it?

to keep it from browning leave the pit /seed on the half that you are not eating covered and store away, or you can remove the pit/seed and squeeze some lime juice on it . I myself love avocados as well and like to eat it with honey, or mash it up in a cup with some honey and milk

i have just recently (within the last year or so) found the avocado love! I agree with others, they are good in moderation. I have a question though - how do you keep yours from turning brown on you? I only eat a quarter to a half of one at a time so what should I do with the rest of it?

Would love to know the answer to this too

I read somewhere that you need to leave the pi in the half you dont use and then you wrap it in plastic wrap making sure it touches the flesh and then put it in a ziploc bag that it helps a lot.

they are like nature's butter. but i think they're too fatty and would never eat an entire one unless on a strict low carb diet.