Avocado Pears For creamy Indulgence
Avocado pears are like ice-cream except not as icy! Rather scoop chilled avocado fruit instead of ice-cream while different varieties vary in taste. Also known as ?alligator pears? due to their alligator-like outer peel feel; avocados have emigrated all the way from America, and are now grown on other continents. Although we may shun avocado pears as they are about 70% fats, they are health if eaten in moderation.
To partly appreciate the value of fats consider Vitamin E and carotenoids as toddlers arriving at the airport. Imagine the airport is our digestive system. It is a busy airport and we need signs to guide us as adults. To be guided to the right areas, toddlers need to hold hands with an adult, and the adults offering hands are the fats. Do not do yourself a disservice by having a severely low fat diet to the point of harm. Rather have a moderately low fat diet but remember you always need fat and there are different types of fat. We can enjoy indulging in something like dips!
There may be a time for dips! Not all of us, but some like to dip while nibbling and snacking at parties although we know they can be unhealthy. However we can mix and serve our own healthy types. Watch others have a dip and dip in; you need not feel you are missing the action of an indulgent treat. Have a healthy treat with smashed avocado pear sprinkled with lemon (to discourage browning) and black pepper for flavour! Then you may try cayenne pepper to give a spike to the palate and tongue! Of course herbs added to your avocado dip give that exotic taste. Let ideas follow your taste buds within a healthy selection.
Do recognise that avocados are not the highest suppliers of folic acid. Folic acid is a type of B vitamin and protectively keeps away foetal abnormalities (abnormal development of the baby in the womb). Other high folic acid suppliers are around; leafy vegetables and grapefruit are great folic acid suppliers. While pregnant, women may enjoy knowing cabbages have high calcium content and tend to help with ulcers. The avocadoes contain useful levels of Vitamin E, are excellent antioxidant suppliers and supply glutathione, which protects against ageing and other disease development. It is during pregnancy that the need for calories can increase slightly and avocados serve well to meet those needs.
All in all we can all do with a serving of this fatty fruit. Preparation is simple; it has a large rounded hard pip in the middle. Spread it on bread and other foods. Instead of processed spreads try avocado butter for green sandwiches with a spice or herb to flavour it. We do become creatures of habit and rely on spreads, and are often bombarded by the media with them proclaiming a newly formed margarine as being healthy. Indeed margarine products may contain sterols and sterols (in plants) do protect against harmful cholesterol levels. Nonetheless margarine is mostly a processed food. Try more of Nature?s non-mucked about food to support our body?s health. Prepare a slice of toast with a spread of mashed soft buttery avocado pear. Then sparsely sprinkle on salt for taste if you need. While avocados are rich and creamy in texture, scoop up that indulgent fruit but in moderation. - 17269
To partly appreciate the value of fats consider Vitamin E and carotenoids as toddlers arriving at the airport. Imagine the airport is our digestive system. It is a busy airport and we need signs to guide us as adults. To be guided to the right areas, toddlers need to hold hands with an adult, and the adults offering hands are the fats. Do not do yourself a disservice by having a severely low fat diet to the point of harm. Rather have a moderately low fat diet but remember you always need fat and there are different types of fat. We can enjoy indulging in something like dips!
There may be a time for dips! Not all of us, but some like to dip while nibbling and snacking at parties although we know they can be unhealthy. However we can mix and serve our own healthy types. Watch others have a dip and dip in; you need not feel you are missing the action of an indulgent treat. Have a healthy treat with smashed avocado pear sprinkled with lemon (to discourage browning) and black pepper for flavour! Then you may try cayenne pepper to give a spike to the palate and tongue! Of course herbs added to your avocado dip give that exotic taste. Let ideas follow your taste buds within a healthy selection.
Do recognise that avocados are not the highest suppliers of folic acid. Folic acid is a type of B vitamin and protectively keeps away foetal abnormalities (abnormal development of the baby in the womb). Other high folic acid suppliers are around; leafy vegetables and grapefruit are great folic acid suppliers. While pregnant, women may enjoy knowing cabbages have high calcium content and tend to help with ulcers. The avocadoes contain useful levels of Vitamin E, are excellent antioxidant suppliers and supply glutathione, which protects against ageing and other disease development. It is during pregnancy that the need for calories can increase slightly and avocados serve well to meet those needs.
All in all we can all do with a serving of this fatty fruit. Preparation is simple; it has a large rounded hard pip in the middle. Spread it on bread and other foods. Instead of processed spreads try avocado butter for green sandwiches with a spice or herb to flavour it. We do become creatures of habit and rely on spreads, and are often bombarded by the media with them proclaiming a newly formed margarine as being healthy. Indeed margarine products may contain sterols and sterols (in plants) do protect against harmful cholesterol levels. Nonetheless margarine is mostly a processed food. Try more of Nature?s non-mucked about food to support our body?s health. Prepare a slice of toast with a spread of mashed soft buttery avocado pear. Then sparsely sprinkle on salt for taste if you need. While avocados are rich and creamy in texture, scoop up that indulgent fruit but in moderation. - 17269
About the Author:
Anastacia Sampson is a Nutritional Medicine Practitioner and freelance journalist, and lives in East London in South Africa. It is through consulting and advising the public on nutritional information that her health book has been published.
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