Here's what to do. Find a ripe one and give it a gentle squeeze. It there is a bit of a give, you are ready for guacamole. Paul Goldfinger photo. It's all about the light. Fla farmers market.    Leica M-9 camera.

 

A prospective study that followed more than 110,000 men and women for more than 30 years suggests that eating two servings of avocado a week reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Researchers also found that replacing half a serving of butter, cheese, bacon, or other animal product with an equivalent amount of avocado was associated with up to 22% lower risk for CVD events.

Lorena S. Pacheco

The findings add to evidence from other studies that has shown that avocados — which contain multiple nutrients, including fiber and unsaturated, healthy fats — have a positive impact on on cardiovascular risk factors, first author Lorena S. Pacheco, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow  at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, told theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology.

 

Eileen says that guacamole comes from Guacamala. She taught me about that.  My mother never heard of an avocado. They didn't have any in Bayonne, NJ.

Jonathan Schwartz NPR jazz jockey said that he eats one avocado each day. It must have helped his sex life because he got fired for sexual harassment.

Avocados are my favorite fruit/vegetable.  They are great cut up into salads. If you have any other culinary (or otherwise) uses, please share with the Blogfinger audience.

Montezuma ate guacamole and lived to be a leader and a warrior until the conquistadors ended his reign.  But he should be credited for introducing mole to the Spanish 500 years ago.

 

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