Avocado Super Salad Is An Ideal Meal
Avocado Super Salad is a healthy meal choice because it follows the proper “rules” of food combining.
Avocado is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. I eat 1 daily. Avocados are rich sources of monounsaturated fat that your body can easily burn for energy. Because they are so rich in healthy fats, Avocados help your body absorb fat-soluble nutrients from other foods, making them an ideal addition to a vegetable salad.
Avocados are also rich in cancer-fighting carotenoids, which are most plentiful in the dark-Green portion of the flesh that’s closest to the skin. In the realm of more conventional nutrients, avocados does not disappoint.
This Super Food is rich in: Potassium: About 2.5 Avocados provide the daily recommended amount of about 4,700 milligrams (mg) of the mineral potassium a day. It plays an important role in heart function, skeletal health, digestion, and muscular function, and is essential for the proper function of all cells, tissues, and organs in your body. Vitamins C and E: Vitamins C and E are important antioxidants on their own… but put them together, the way they are in Avocado, and magic happens.
As reported in Critical Reviews in Food, Science, and Nutrition:“Avocados are one of the few foods that contain significant levels of both vitamins C and E. Vitamin C plays an important role in recycling vitamin E to maintain circulatory antioxidant protection…”
One study also found that a combination of Vitamin C and E helped to slow plaque build-up, which could help prevent a heart attack or stroke.
Magnesium: An average Avocado contains about 40 mg of magnesium, which is about 10% of the recommended daily value. Magnesium is a mineral used by every organ in your body, especially your heart, muscles, and kidneys. By some estimates, up to 80 percent of Americans are not getting enough magnesium and may be deficient.
Fiber: Avocados are surprisingly high in fiber, with about 4.6 grams in half an Avocado. Fiber plays an essential role in your digestive, heart, and skin health, and may improve blood sugar control, weight management, and more.
Now here is the recipe for the Avocado Super Salad, as follows:
Avocado Super Salad
Ingredients:
10 sprigs of parsley, finely cut
1 non-waxed, pickling cucumber, thinly sliced
1 red or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 zucchini squash, thinly sliced
1 yellow summer squash, thinly sliced
2 celery stalks (including leaves), thinly sliced
1 tomato, thinly sliced
1 ripe Avocado, flesh removed and diced into small cubes
½ half fresh lime
2 ounces freshly ground almonds
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, toss all the salad ingredients thoroughly. Drizzle with fine EVO and splash on some Red wine vinegar if you like, I do
Pour the ground almonds through a sieve over this body sliming salad and enjoy better health, and increased energy with this Super Food recipe
Note: Nearly 23% of Americans report consuming vegetables and fruits less than 1 time daily, with a median vegetable intake of only 1.6X per day overall. Yet, virtually all of us need to eat large amounts of fresh, high-quality vegetables every day to achieve high-level health. Most vegetables are not very calorie dense and as a result they typically should constitute the bulk of your diet by volume.
This is part of what makes the Avocado Super Salad such a great recipe, it is virtually all vegetables, with a bit of added almonds for more healthy fats, protein, and flavor. If you eat this salad regularly, you will increase your vegetable intake.
Below are the highlights, as follows:
Cucumber: Cucumbers are rich in Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), fisetin, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, potassium, magnesium, manganese, silica, and fiber and can help your body eliminate toxins. Recent studies show cucumbers also contain powerful lignans that bind with estrogen-related bacteria in your digestive tract to potentially reduce your risk of several cancers, including breast, uterine, ovarian, and prostate.
Tomato: Tomatoes are an excellent source of lutein, zeaxanthin, and Vitamin C, as well as Vitamins A, E, and the B Vitamins, potassium, manganese, and phosphorus.
Celery: Celery is a rich source of luteolin, a plant compound that may calm inflammation in your brain, which is a primary cause of neurodegeneration.
Parsley: Parsley contains a unique combination of volatile oil compounds, including myristicin, limonene, eugenol, and alpha-thujene. It is also rich in flavonoids such as apiin, apigenin, chrysoeriol, and luteolin. Both the volatile oils and flavonoids in parsley contribute numerous health benefits.
Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively.
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Paul Ebeling
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