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10. Avocados
Although many people think of these as vegetables, they are actually classified as fruit. Avocados are great as they are low in fructose yet high in those healthy monounsaturated fats, which your body can burn easily for the energy it needs. Research shows that avocados are great for their ability to help the vascular function in the body and are very heart healthy. They are so easy to eat, too, either plain or chopped into salads, or the famous guacamole which you can put on just about anything from sandwiches to meats.
Avocados are high in potassium, too, with more than twice as much as you find in bananas, and this will help to balance that vitally important sodium to potassium ratio. Just one avocado has almost 20 essential nutrients your body needs, including fiber, B vitamins, vitamin E, and folic acid. Besides eating them as they are, you can also use avocado as a fat substitute in recipes that use butter or other types of oil. Avocados are also one of the safest fruits you can buy, even if they are conventionally grown, so you won’t need to spend more money buying organic avocados. Their very thick skins protect the soft inner meat from pesticides. Find out more about avocados.
Ryszard Tomtas
Jan 29, 2015 at 4:53 am
Missing is definitely beans. I understand benefits of real butter, but I think replacement should be humus