{"id":78281,"date":"2016-04-14T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=78281"},"modified":"2016-04-13T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T23:05:13","slug":"eat-avocado-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/eat-avocado-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, You Can Eat Avocado Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you know anything about us, you know that we&#8217;re ub-sessed with avocados. These green delights are oh-so delicious, healthy, and taste great with almost anything! So when we found out that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/food\/healthy-eating\/blogs\/7-ways-to-use-an-avocado-pit\" target=\"_blank\">you can\u00a0do more with the big ol&#8217; seed<\/a> than just toss it out, we had to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>You can actually <em>eat<\/em> an avocado seed and reap it of its additional benefits if done correctly. You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/food\/healthy-eating\/blogs\/7-ways-to-use-an-avocado-pit\" target=\"_blank\">use it to wash your hair, keep your guac from turning brown<\/a>, and make tea. Find\u00a0more nutritional benefits below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Over 70% of the total antioxidant capacity is found in the avocado seed itself.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysuperfoodlove.com\/4448\/the-surprising-benefits-of-avocado-seeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phenolic antioxidant compounds<\/a> found in the seeds help to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and reduce diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>Avocado seeds help\u00a0to <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysuperfoodlove.com\/4448\/the-surprising-benefits-of-avocado-seeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">destroy cancer cells<\/a>\u00a0as it reduces inflammation.<\/li>\n<li>Avocado seeds have loads of fiber which <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysuperfoodlove.com\/4448\/the-surprising-benefits-of-avocado-seeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">help to lower cravings<\/a> and help control blood sugar levels.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0also aids in\u00a0improving heart health and blood circulation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you&#8217;re down to try out an avocado seed, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uxrk-xWdoqY\" target=\"_blank\">baking or\u00a0drying the\u00a0seed\u00a0first<\/a>. Also, check\u00a0out this smoothie recipe using an avocado seed\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vega-licious.com\/avocado-pit-green-smoothie-recipe-7-day-reset-plan-day-4-benefits-of-avocado-seed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vegalicious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on avocado seeds? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"If you know anything about us, you know that we're ub-sessed with avocados. These green ...","author":422344,"featured_media":78282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/13155929\/avocadoseeds.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/13155929\/avocadoseeds.jpg","formated_date":"April 14, 2016","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Monica Chang","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#38c957","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/422344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}