Superfoods for Looking Good and Feeling Great
Avocados are one of the best foods to eat for a healthy heart. For many years people were often advised by doctors and nutritionists to avoid avocado as a high-fat food. Now we know that advice was wrong. Avocados are not fattening and are in fact an excellent addition to your diet for maintaining cardiovascular health.
Here are 6 reasons why eating avocados can help to keep your heart healthy.
The majority of the fat in Read more »
Here is avocado hair mask recipe for soft and shiny hair. The omega-9 oils in avocado penetrate deeply into the hair shaft, improving its texture and appearance.
Other nutrients in avocado are also believed to have a positive effect on hair follicles with many reports of topical application of the fruit promoting hair growth.
There are four ingredients in this hair treatment – half a avocado (possibly a whole one for very long hair) Read more »
Here’s a quick and simple avocado facial mask anyone can make up at home and be applying a couple of minutes. Used regularly, perhaps a couple of times a week, most people will quickly see a real improvement in their skin’s texture and appearance.
There are only two ingredients in this face mask – a little avocado and a touch of raw honey, preferably manuka honey, which itself has some amazing skin benefits. Regular heat treated honey from the supermarket won’t have the same properties unfortunately. Read more »
Avocados are rich in antioxidants, vitamins and fatty acids that can really improve your skin from the inside. You can also use the fruit topically on your face for deep moisturizeration and regeneration.
Let’s have a look at some of the best avocado benefits for your skin.
To start with they are a great source of both vitamin C and vitamin E. Vitamin C is a powerful water soluble antioxidant that we should ideally have in our diet every single day. Read more »
Diabetes is a massive health problem with approximately 19 million Americans diagnosed with the disease. There are also believed to be a further 7 million people who are undiagnosed sufferers, according to the National Institute of Diabetes.
That’s over 8% of the US population affected by a disease that is the leading cause of kidney failure, new cases of blindness in adults and non-trauma lower limb amputations. Diabetes is also a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke and now the seventh highest cause of death in Read more »
Superfood smoothies make it easy to get concentrated nutrition into your family’s diet. They can also be a great way to have highly nutritious foods like kale, that don’t always lend themselves to simple recipes.
Using avocado in this recipe adds a creaminess, flavor and some wonderful nutritional properties. Mixed with all the minerals, vitamins and phytonutrients in kale, along with banana and kiwi fruit, this makes for an incredibly energizing and very tasty green treat. Read more »
This recipe is one of my favorite meals for lunch or dinner. It combines avocado with wild salmon, pumpkin seeds and several other superfoods into an extremely nutritious meal.
Due to the low carbohydrates, high protein and healthy fats in this avocado salad, it tends to satisfy your hunger for much longer than a sandwich, pasta or rice dish. Eating meals like this can really help avoid that afternoon slump that leads to unhealthy snacking, or late night cravings on the couch. Read more »
Avocados have nutritional properties that make them quite a unique fruit and one well worth eating regularly.
They have an unusually high fat content, though as we’ll see ahead, this is a definite plus for your health. They are also low in carbohydrates, high in fiber and contain all of the essential amino acids.
In fact, avocados are so good for you, they’ve actually been described as the only food you could live on alone. Read more »