Before planting an avocado, should explore all its features, to determine whether the possible troubles of growing this fruit exceed the benefits that it contains.
And so let's talk about avocado and its beneficial properties.
Can I grow at home?
Like any plant, an avocado tree planted at home does not just decorate an apartment, turning it into a tropical corner. It nourishes the air with moisture, a beneficial effect on the emotional and physical state of a person.
Leaves and Stems, absorbing carbon dioxide, they convert it into oxygen, which is so necessary for all living beings.
Feng Shui experts assure that avocado strengthens love energy at homeand recommend that couples put him in the bedroom to maintain a romantic and passionate relationship.
Chemical composition
Avocado - record holder among other fruits by quantity vitamin E (tocopherol), thiamine and riboflavin, it is rich in vitamins A, B, C, D, K. In addition, it contains folic and oleic acids, monounsaturated fats, lutein, potassium, magnesium, copper and fiber.
Use in medicine
Avocado fruit: useful for what? Due to the high content of nutrients, avocado widely used in medicine.
It improves blood formation, favorably affects the work of the heart and blood vessels, removes cholesterol. It improves the work of the intestines and digestive tract in various diseases: ulcer, gastritis, problems with the stool.
Fruit is useful for older people, favorable for bones and teeth. Avocado oil is close in composition to human cells, it acts gently and naturally on the body, suitable for treating skin diseases, burns, injuries, cuts and inflammations.
Avocados reduce the risk of developing tumors and neoplasms. Strengthens the immune system, increases efficiency. Facilitates the work of the liver and kidneys, helps cleanse the body of toxins, neutralize carcinogens accumulated in human organs and tissues.
Avocado very useful for male and female health. In nursing mothers, it improves lactation. Avocado has found its application in cosmetology, it is used as an ingredient for the preparation of masks for skin, eyelashes, hair and nails. It enhances the immune system of the skin, protecting it from dryness, prevents the appearance of wrinkles, restores the protective functions of the epidermis.
The French King Louis XIV regularly used avocados as food to increase potency.
In folk medicine Avocado pulp, seeds, leaves and peel are used to prepare various tinctures and mixtures to improve the condition of intestinal diseases, to get rid of worms, dysentery, colitis, gum inflammation, to cleanse the blood vessels, to improve the condition of diabetes mellitus.
Cooking Application
What is the use of avocado in cooking? Neutral nutty flavor of this fruit combined with different products: with green vegetables, meat, fish, cheeses, various seasonings. In a vegetarian kitchen, avocados are used as a substitute for meat and eggs.
Most often, avocado is an ingredient salads, sauces and soups, and the most popular dish of it is guacamole sauce.
Avocados are the most important and favorite product for Mexicans, they eat it all the time, they are added to all dishes, from salads to soups. In South America, there is an avocado ice cream, and in Indonesia they make a coffee cocktail with milk and rum!
Avocado Stone: Useful Properties
In the avocado pit contains a large amount of antioxidants. There is much more potassium and phosphorus in it than in the pulp, and as the fruit ripens, the content of potassium in it decreases.
Avocado Bone - rich source of soluble fiberwhich helps to improve the work of the heart and reduce cholesterol in the blood.
Experiments on rats showed them high effectiveness against tumors and neoplasms. Scientists from Brazil, in their experiments, found that the substances from the avocado seed destroy the Candida fungus and the causative agents of yellow fever. Like pulp, bone is used in digestive disorders, diarrhea and dysentery.
In the avocado pit high concentration of tannins, which have a toxic effect on the human body, so it should be consumed in minimal quantities!
Contraindications and harm
Avocados: the benefits and harm. Despite the obvious usefulness of avocado, for some people, its use can be harmful. Contraindication is individual intolerance to the components that make up the fruit. In addition, avocados can cause allergies, so for those who try it for the first time, it is recommended to eat a small amount of fruit.
Avocado - high-calorie product, with the problem of obesity is to use it in limited quantities, not more than half a day.
Undoubtedly, avocado - healthy fruit, which can improve the condition of the body and saturate it with essential substances and vitamins.
Planted in a pot as a home flower, he will tell about travels and the tropical sun and, perhaps, some time later, will give its owner medicinal and tasty fruits.
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