“This food has a bad reputation. However, it is excellent for your health,” according to Dr. Cocaul.

In salad, guacamole or simply plain, avocado has become the star food of the summer seasons. But for several years, it has had a bad reputation, due to its high fat content. For Yahoo, Dr. Christian Recchia has debunked this preconceived idea, explaining why this food is “excellent for your health.”

As he points out, we could eat avocados “practically” every day because this food has obvious nutritional benefits. “It will provide you with certain minerals, certain types of fats and it will also have an effect on satiety.” At the same time, he emphasizes its high fiber content, an important phenomenon given that in France, we do not consume enough of it. “We should eat almost 30 grams of fiber per day. Know that half an avocado is 5 grams of fiber, which is already a lot.”

In the past, studies have also shown a link between avocado consumption and a reduction in cardiovascular risks due to the type of fatty acids. “These are monounsaturated fatty acids, a bit like those found in olive oil.” And as a reminder, olive oil is part of the Mediterranean diet, a diet that we “must encourage”.

“If you eat half an avocado every day, no problem.”

So if you love avocados, there’s no need to be half-hearted as long as you prepare them in a certain way. “If you eat half an avocado every day, no problem, but be careful with the dressing you add. It’s the preparation that can cause problems.”he is keen to point out. Indeed, knowing that half an avocado is basically equivalent to 20 grams of lipids, it is not necessary to add anything. Finally, he insisted on the importance of paying attention to the seasonality of avocados and looking at their origin when purchasing.

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So, if he comes from far away and “Transport is by air, you have a carbon tax which is significant. In addition, it is perhaps outside the European economic field”, in other words with production practices which are not necessarily “very good”. So in this case, “take organic avocados instead”. Note that today, lawyers are developing enormously in France.