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Avocados

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  • chrissynz01
    chrissynz01 Posts: 7 Member
    How many calories in a medium avocado? Such varying amounts!!!
  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    edited April 2016
    chrissynz01 wrote: »
    How many calories in a medium avocado? Such varying amounts!!!

    I'd use an entry that has grams so you can weigh it. There's one there under "Avocados, commercial variety" with a green tick. Cos your "medium" may not be my "medium".
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    chrissynz01 wrote: »
    How many calories in a medium avocado? Such varying amounts!!!

    No idea, i weigh mine on a food scale.
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Just a little caution - make sure you choose the correct diary entry for avocado, there's so many of them and the calories vary a lot. Avocados are high calorie, don't be fooled into selecting one of the nice lower calorie listings then wondering why your weight loss has plateaued. :(
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    sarabushby wrote: »
    Just a little caution - make sure you choose the correct diary entry for avocado, there's so many of them and the calories vary a lot. Avocados are high calorie, don't be fooled into selecting one of the nice lower calorie listings then wondering why your weight loss has plateaued. :(

    Yep I always enter them as "Avocado USDA", and even then, some of the entries are wrong :rage:

    I go here if I need to double check anything http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search
  • vegmebuff
    vegmebuff Posts: 31,389 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    sarabushby wrote: »
    Just a little caution - make sure you choose the correct diary entry for avocado, there's so many of them and the calories vary a lot. Avocados are high calorie, don't be fooled into selecting one of the nice lower calorie listings then wondering why your weight loss has plateaued. :(

    Yep I always enter them as "Avocado USDA", and even then, some of the entries are wrong :rage:

    I go here if I need to double check anything http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

    ^ that is a great source
    So naturally I looked up avocados...
    3 different entries:
    Raw-all varieties are 1.6 calories/gram
    California are same 1.6 calories/gram
    Florida's are 1.3 calories/gram
  • vegmebuff
    vegmebuff Posts: 31,389 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    Go outside of the"usual" haas avocado. Try the huge Brasilian avocados for example. There are is soooo much variety.

    I certainly would if that was an option! Sadly, I'm left mainly with Mexican or California Haas.
  • beadgalsarita
    beadgalsarita Posts: 47 Member
    I've found that using airtight containers, specifically the snapware glass containers, keeps my avocado fairly fresh over several days. They still get lightly brown, but not as bad as they would in normal containers.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    Eating one right now on top of a black bean burger. Sooooo good <3
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