Avocado – a true wonder food! What’s not to love?! Not only is it so easy to eat in all sorts of ways – straight out of the skin with a sprinkle of sea salt, on toast with your other favourites, blended into creamy dips and sauces, chopped into salads and mixed up into raw deserts – but avocado and its oil are wonderfully nourishing for your skin.
They are loaded with Vitamin E that is so necessary for healthy skin. It prevents free radical damage from oxidising fats in your skin cells that lead to ageing. The carotenoids protect your skin from environmental damage and avocado’s fatty acids also help keep the skin moisturised and hydrated.
Avocados are rich in mono-unsaturated fats that have compounds to protect against, inflammation and cancer. Not only do they contain high levels of Vitamin E, but also the antioxidants lutein and beta-carotene which promote blood sugar reduction and support cardiovascular, digestive and eye health.
Avocado oil which can be drizzled over salads as well as used in cooking – great for medium heat cooking.
Did you know that you can also eat the avocado seed? Avocado seeds are loaded with antioxidants and are a great source soluble fibre to support digestive and cardiovascular health. Avocado seed has 70% of the antioxidants found in the whole avocado