Avocados: Creamy, Delicious and Extremely Nutritious

Aside from being one of the tastiest additions to a boring salad, avocados are rich in nutrients that good for the body - inside and out!

Avocados are a good source of vitamin K, dietary fibre, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate, copper and potassium.

Avocados have a high fat content, but this 'fat' is 'good fat' that the body needs for optimal health. A typical avocado contains 30 grams of fat, but 20 of these fat grams are health-promoting monounsaturated fats.

Health Benefits

• Helps lower cholesterol
• Helps regulate blood pressure
• Helps to keep your heart healthy
• Aids in stroke prevention
• Protects against breast cancer
• Increases the body's ability to absorb health-promoting carotenoids that vegetables provide
• Protects against eye disease
• Aid in prostate cancer prevention 
• Aid in the fight against oral cancer  
• Has anti aging properties
• Strengthens and adds shine to hair
• Strengthens your nails
• Helps maintain overall health

Take a few minutes and read: The Health Benefits of Avocados  

Looking for a natural do-it-yourself avocado beauty treatment? Check out: 4 avocado beauty treatments 

Nutritionista's Recipe Corner:

Energy-Full Warm Salad

This is a layered salad; the layers are as followed:
Brown rice
Mixed raw salad greens
Sliced tomatoes
Sliced avocado
Cooked shrimps
Chopped coriander

Add chickpeas to one side of the plate, and two artichoke hearts and a few green olives to the other side.

For the dressing, mix:

Lemon juice
Agave nectar
Crushed garlic
Ground ginger
Mustard seeds

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and Bon Appetit!

Stay Healthy!

Berry Delicious!

Who doesn’t love munching on fresh berries? They’re the perfect snack for any kind of day, and you have options – Gotta love options!

Blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, blackberries or raspberries. Eat them separately or mix them up.

Berries are full of powerful nutrients that feed the body and fight disease, while satisfying the taste buds and belly. They are full of vitamins, fibre and antioxidants.

Benefits:

• Improve vision
• Improve memory
• Lowers blood cholesterol levels
• Reduces the risk of arthritis
• Protects the brain and central nervous system
• Helps slow down neural aging and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
• Reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes
• Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Aids in constipation and digestive conditions
• Cranberries and blueberries contain a substance that may prevent bladder infections
• Slows aging 
• Reduces body fat 
• The antioxidant compounds found in berries may even help reduce the severity of certain types if cancers by decreasing cellular growth and division in cancerous tumor

Interesting info:

One cup of strawberries contains over 100 mg of vitamin C. We need vitamin C for immune system function and for strong connective tissue. Strawberries also add a bit of calcium, magnesium, folate and potassium and only 53 calories

One cup of blueberries offers a smaller amount of vitamin C, minerals and phytochemicals for only 83 calories. The same amount of cranberries is similar, but with only 44 calories

One cup of raspberries offers vitamin C and potassium for 64 calories

Make sure to wash your berries properly...



Nutritionista's Recipe Corner:

I made this 'Berry Platter' for Nour's birthday. It tasted as good as it looks...

All you need is:
- Fresh mint leaves - Slice each leaf in half
- Sliced strawberries
- Blackberries
- Toothpicks

Stay Healthy!