#Avocados

I so appreciate the Obesity and Energetics newsletter that comes out every week, and particularly its occasional listing of “Headlines versus Study.”  This one is from a couple of months ago, but I am just getting to it. Headline: The Largest Study Ever on Avocados Has Some Good News for Your

iStockphoto / TSchon You may be wondering about the best way to cut an avocado. First off, you’re going to want to ditch your metal knife. There is actually a scientific reason as to why you should never cut avocados with metal knives. The first thing you do before cutting an avocado is to have

You might not think that avocados need any special sales efforts, but the Haas Avocado marketers are particularly aggressive in funding research to demonstrate the health benefits of this food. I’ve written about Haas-funded avocado research previously (most recently, here and here) but here’s yet

The study: Using the Avocado to Test the Satiety Effects of a Fat-Fiber Combination in Place of Carbohydrate Energy in a Breakfast Meal in Overweight and Obese Men and Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  Zhu L, et al.  Nutrients 2019, 11, 952; doi:10.3390/nu11050952. Conclusions: Replacing

President Trump’s threat to close the border with Mexico will have a major effect on one beloved food: avocados. Thanks to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, the impact we can expect is obvious from this one chart: US production has not changed much since 1990 or so.  If anything, it has