Showing posts with label avocado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label avocado. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Can Eating Avocados Help You Lose Weight?

Creamy and decadent, there's a reason people are obsessed with avocados. This healthy green fruit is so much more than guacamole, though, and aside from making or breaking a salad or sandwich, avocados are actually a great food to add to your diet if you're trying to drop pounds.
Here are three reasons to fill your mouth shopping basket with avocados.


They're High in Fat
OK, so normally this would be a bad thing when it comes to losing weight, but avocados are made of the good kind of fat — MUFAs, or monounsaturated fats. A quarter of an avocado contains almost 5 grams, and unlike saturated fats, this healthy fat helps satiate hunger and has been shown to burn away belly fat.