date:Dec 11, 2018
ion may improve blood cholesterol and lower cardiovascular risk. In a salad, those healthy fats also boost our absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and antioxidants in the other salad ingredients, such as tomato, carrots and leafy greens.
Research has also found that avocado added to tomato salsa enhanced absorption of lycopene 4.4 times better, and beta-carotene (found in carrots and leafy greens, among other things) 2.6 times better. Adding 150g of avocado to a salad enhanced lutein, alpha-carot