Type 2 Is avocado beneficial to eat?

[Stephen Lewis]

I love avocado. Many years ago I had a prawn cocktail with avocado that made me really ill so I didn't eat them until last year. Started eating them again for my low carb diet and it must have been the prawns that were off because now I sometimes have 1/2 for lunch with a salad. The good fat content is a benefit but they are also higher carb than say lettuce and keep my bg higher, but not spiked, over a longer period. My 1/2 is about 5 gms of carbs. I'm still trying to figure out if a short spike is better or worse than a longer time at a higher bg reading.

 

[Jaylee]

Goes down great with bacon for me..

 

[Thomas the Tank]

They also improve poor cholesterol readings!

I hope that by 'poor' you mean not high enough to do the job it's meant too!

 

[SarahEN]

Ďoes anyone have any good receipes that I can use with Avo? I legit hate the slimy texture but I know its good for me so really want to try to eat more!

Similarly - kale - if anyone has any good ways to make that taste less like unwashed cabbage that would be most appreciated!

 

[bulkbiker]

Ďoes anyone have any good receipes that I can use with Avo? I legit hate the slimy texture but I know its good for me so really want to try to eat more!

Similarly - kale - if anyone has any good ways to make that taste less like unwashed cabbage that would be most appreciated!

You don't have to eat either..both pale into insignificance when compared to a plate of bacon and eggs.. which will be even more filling and nutritious..

 

[Robinredbreast]

Ďoes anyone have any good receipes that I can use with Avo? I legit hate the slimy texture but I know its good for me so really want to try to eat more!

Similarly - kale - if anyone has any good ways to make that taste less like unwashed cabbage that would be most appreciated!

I have, in the past, made fish cakes with tuna and mashed up avocado and the avocado was fine in the fish cake, but, you don't need to add fish you could add, cheese and onion, or ham, with peppers etc, you just need to tweak it.

 

[NicoleC1971]

Went to a cafe recently and had a stack of halloumi strips (fried) with the avocado which provided a good textural contrast at least.....

 

[Daphne917]

Ďoes anyone have any good receipes that I can use with Avo? I legit hate the slimy texture but I know its good for me so really want to try to eat more!

Similarly - kale - if anyone has any good ways to make that taste less like unwashed cabbage that would be most appreciated!

I don’t like avocado either so don’t eat it - there’s plenty of other things that I do like to eat though.

 

[SarahEN]

You don't have to eat either..both pale into insignificance when compared to a plate of bacon and eggs.. which will be even more filling and nutritious..

Yeah I am with you on that - unfortunately I chose now to cut down on processed meat! Though I am.glad to see others who don't eat avo on here.

 

[bulkbiker]

Yeah I am with you on that - unfortunately I chose now to cut down on processed meat! Though I am.glad to see others who don't eat avo on here.

Ok pork belly slices and eggs? just doesn't sound quite so snappy.. equally tasty and nutritious though..
personally I don't have any problem with processed meat (and eat virtually zero veg).