Benefits of eating avocado
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Avocado is a fruit containing so many health nutrients including potassium, vitamin E, B, and folic acid. Avocado tree (Persea americana) is native to Central Mexico which is now cultivated throughout the world. Avocado is a climacteric fruit that requires ethylene and respiration bursts to ripen. A recent study has found that intake of avocado as fruit or with salad improves lipid profile in healthy individual and decreases both LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides in individual having an elevated bad cholesterol level along with increasing good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol).
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