What effect does avocado have on health?
1, prevention of prostate cancer-prevention of cancer cell proliferation;
2. Preventing oral cancer-destroying the generation of oral cancer cells;
3, prevention of breast cancer-rich in oleic acid (octadecenoic acid) can effectively prevent breast cancer;
4. Prevention of senile cataracts-rich carotenoids and lutein can protect eye health and prevent senile cataracts;
5. Lowering cholesterol-high content of β -sitosterol (β can lower cholesterol;
6. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases-high levels of folic acid, single fat, vitamin E and high antioxidants can make the heart healthier;
7. Help the absorption of nutrients, especially carotenoids;
8. Rich in glutathione, a strong antioxidant;
9, the best source of vitamin E-vitamin E has a variety of disease prevention effects.
How to Choose Good Avocado
If there is a gap between the stem and the skin at the top, or if the top is black and soft, you can't choose green avocado with tough and rough stems and skin, which means it is fresh. Maturity can also be judged by color, and dark green indicates overripe. The ripeness of avocado can be judged by the feeling of pressing or pinching the fruit by hand. If you press hard, you can't squeeze it out at all, which means it's immature. You can buy it, but you need to leave it for a few days before eating. If it feels soft, it means that the pulp is rotten, and it may be all black inside. Don't buy it. If the hardness is moderate, you can feel it a little, which is the most suitable state for eating. Cut with a knife, light yellow and green, very light color. Avocado is the best state without black spots. The most suitable cultivation temperature of avocado is about 20 degrees, and it is easy to overcook above 27 degrees. Put them in bags with apples or on refrigerators and televisions to make them mature early.
Morphological characteristics of avocado
Deciduous trees, height 10- 15m, dbh1.5m; The crown of the tree is spread out, the branches are flourishing, the branches are thick and knotty, and there are often bending phenomena; The bark is thick, irregularly cracked and milky white.
The leaves are oblong, 5-30 cm long and 6-9 cm wide, with rounded or obtuse tips and rounded or obtuse bases. When they were young, the upper surface was rusty and the latter two surfaces were hairless. There are grooves on the upper surface of midvein, and the lower surface is round and very convex. There are more than 30 pairs of lateral veins, which are parallel to each other, slightly convex on both sides and fine reticulate veins. Petiole is round, about 10 cm long.
Pedicels are rusty pilose; Calyx lobes lanceolate, hairy outside; The flowers are fragrant and sweet, and the corolla lobes are ovate and entire. Berries are spherical, 3-4 cm in diameter, edible and taste like persimmons; The seeds are ovoid, about 2-3 cm long, yellow-brown, shiny, with lateral scars and oblong. Flowering in June and fruiting in 65438+ 10.
What diseases does avocado have as adjuvant therapy?
Hyperlipidemia, thyroid diseases, climacteric syndrome, malnutrition in children, rickets in children, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, surgical diseases, facial diseases, and skin diseases.