A nutritionist recommends avocado oil as a healthy addition to your Christmas dinner, especially for those concerned about cholesterol. Its monounsaturated fats may help to lower 'bad cholesterol' levels.
Many people are drafting their Christmas dinner shopping lists, featuring staples like potatoes, parsnips, and a succulent turkey. But one nutritionist suggests that another little-known product is certainly worth adding - especially for those concerned about cholesterol. Dr Kevin Huffman, a bariatric physician and CEO of Ambari Nutrition, believes that avocado oil can have a big impact on the health of your festive meal.
This is largely due to 'monounsaturated fats', which may help to cut the 'bad cholesterol' in your blood. 'These oils are monounsaturated fats, which means they contain far more nutrients, and can improve your cholesterol levels,' he told Patient, before adding: 'Transforming mashed potatoes into cauliflower mash offers a creative, nutritious swap for side dishes.' Dr Huffman's endorsement of avocado oil is echoed by other experts, including two researchers from China's Hunan Agricultural University who detailed its impressive benefits in a recent scientific review. Fatty acids and a rich quantity of 'phytosterols' were among the several components they looked at, with the latter linked with potentially reduced cholesterol levels. 'Avocado oil has a protective effect against hyperlipidaemia, lowering TC, TG, and LDL-C levels and protecting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, a behaviour that can be attributed to high levels of MUFA, phytosterols, and tocopherols,' the study experts wrote. Later, they added: 'The outstanding potential of avocado oil as a health food has many benefits, among which the intrinsic nutrients of fatty acids, phytosterols, PCs, tocopherols and fat-soluble pigments have been studied more comprehensively. However, studies on whether other fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamin K) present in avocados enter avocado oil during the extraction process, as well as their contents, stability and biological activities, are still insufficien
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