Eat an Avocado a Day with AvocadoOrganic

Have you been hearing that you should eat an avocado a day?  I am sure there are still some people out there avoiding naturally high fat and calorie dense foods like avocado.  This would be a tragedy!

Avocados provide around 20 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid.  The naturally occurring fat in avocados are essential for good health as fats support so many functions of our bodies from regulating hormones to absorbing fat soluble vitamins into our cells.  In fact there was a study using avocado to improve carotenoid absorption (the orange-yellow pigments in food).  Researchers tested adding avocado to healthy meals and they discovered that it increased absorption of these fat soluble nutrients by 2-6 more times than without this healthy fat.

The reasons to add avocado to your diet on a daily basis doesn’t end there.  Including avocado to a well-balanced diet has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease, improve blood levels of LDL (bad cholesterol), and lower levels of oxidative stress (more antioxidants to fight free radicals) in the bloodstream.  Most researchers can agree that the high levels of monounsaturated fat in avocado play a key role in these heart-related benefits.

Avocados may also provide health benefits with blood sugar control, insulin regulation, satiety and weight management, cancer prevention and decreased overall risk of unwanted inflammation.  Part of this may be due to the fact that those that eat avocado on a regular basis tend to eat healthier overall.  They are more likely to be the types of people that include lots of vegetables and fruit in their diets.  Adding healthy fats from avocados with these foods is key to optimizing the benefits.

With all of that said I wanted to introduce you to a wonderful small, family-owned farm that is trying to make healthy and delicious California avocados easily available to everyone.  What is AvocadoOrganic?  The company states “our website allows you to order fresh organic California avocados, shipped direct from our family farm to your dining room table. We hand pick your order, selecting only the fruit that is at its peak oil content and of the highest quality.”  Once you order a box of avocados from the site they ship them directly to you days after picking.  You may be wondering how these avocados are better than just buying them at your local grocery store?

Farm to Table Organic Avocados

 Removing the “middle man,” packing houses, and large chain retailers from the equation means that our fruit arrives at your home without requiring pesticides, artificial fertilizers, ethylene gassing, or cold storage. Our guarantee is that you will receive the healthiest, freshest, and most delicious avocados possible from our farm to your table.

I so enjoyed the box of avocados that they sent me and I must say that they were the best tasting avocados that I have ever had!  They have generously offered to give away a box of these avocados to a lucky ready on my Instagram page.  So head over there to see how to enter but don’t forget to check them out on social media.  AvocadoOrganic on Facebook and Instagram.

It is so easy to add these AvocadoOrganic avocados to your diet daily.  Some of my favorite ways are in smoothies, pudding, mousse, guacamole, add them to oats for breakfast, or even margaritas.  Get creative!  What are your favorite ways to eat avocado?