Let me use banana to explain why , we eat banana and throw away the peels, though the peels are even more nutritious than the food itself – check my article on ” You will stop throwing away the peels of banana after reading this”, you will realise how beneficial the peels are. But you and I are not here to learn about banana, go read that later.
Avocado pear is one of the fruits humans innately don’t joke of.
Avocado has the shape of enema bulb syringe ( locally called bentoa) and contains a hard seed that people habitually throw away when eating the edible and fleshy part of the fruit.
The fleshy and eatable part of the fruit can be used to make sandwiches, drinks, in salads and many more.
Avocado pear is used in all of this just because of its enrichment in vitamin C, E, K and B-6, folate, magnesium, potassium and others.
After dehydrating it, cut the dried seed in pieces and grind them in your blender.
Don’t worry about the colour – you can either get one of these colours. After thoroughly blending it, you can add some to your salad or soup or tea or stews.
Don’t ever underestimate the healthy benefits of the avocado seed. Here are the ten mind-blowing healthy benefits of the avocado pear that will effortlessly convince to never throw them away again :
1. Immune System Booster
The seed that we throw away ironically contains 70% of antioxidants unlike the fleshy part of the fruit. These antioxidants boosts our immune system to fight infections bacteria , virus and fungi.
This shows how strong the avocado pear could be, in terms of helping boosting the immune system exponentially. If you don’t know what your immune system does for you – if you are lucky to have a strong immune system, there is no way you would ever fall sick.
So start including avocado seed powder to your meals and salads to get this strong immune system.
2. Balances Blood Sugar Level
When your sugar level becomes high in your blood for a long time, it can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and vision problems.
However, avocado seed contains high amount of soluble fibre which balances the sugar level in your blood. Hence, it is imperative to start adding them in your diets so you don’t the victim of the aforementioned ill diseases.
3. Fights Cancer
Cancer fighting property like flavanoids which is made up of compounds like kaempferol, quercetin and myricetin – which are antioxidants that combat the development of tumor. Don’t follow the crowd, keep your avocado seed and harness it to benefit from its mind-gobbling potential to fight cancer.
4. Reduces Cholesterol Level
The seed has shown that it can reduce the high cholesterol level in human body after a test was done – where a mice was made to eat avocado seed flower which resulted in the reduction cholesterol in the mice.
High cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease, so start including seed powder in your daily meal, tea etc.
5. Aids In Digestion
The seed of avocado helps in accelerating the digestion process, and also improve bowel function and treats constipation. Addition of avocado seed powder in your meals and juices will do the work quickly.
6. Slows Down Aging
The avocado seeds have powerful antioxidants that fight against radicals that damage the skin cells. When the cells in your skin are destroyed, the skin will deform in its beauty, wrinkles will start developing on your beautiful face, and age spots would also start to grow etc.
Get an avocado seed oil and apply it on your skin to start producing collagen that will smoothen the skin and also removes skin elasticity ( that is removing wrinkles and roughness) .
7. Lowers High Blood Pressure
Those suffering from high blood pressure are at risk of having heart disease and stroke. It is, however, important to include the avocado seed powder for they contain potassium.
This potassium works to balance out “sodium” in diets. So include the seed powder in your meals and tea to prevent the risk of suffering from high blood pressure.
8. Treats Heart Diseases
Research by scientists have shown that the chemicals from the seed husk can be used to make medicines to cure heart diseases. There are numerous chemical compounds in the seed husk which could treat heart conditions.
Thank you for reading and I hope you will stop throwing away the seed of avocado henceforth. Don’t forget to share to your family and friends – it could help someone immensely.
