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The Online Slimming Club web site has been developed to offer everything that a
local slimming club can provide and much more, but without the time, expense, the
travel and the embarrassing public weigh in.
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Absorb More From Your Food For Weight Loss With Avocado
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More than providing us with a range of nutrients, there is also much evidence which shows that avocados actually help us absorb nutrients from other fruits and vegetables for weight loss and other healing benefits!
In 2004, researchers at Iowa State University and Ohio State University conducted a study to find out more about this unique benefit. Six males and five females ate 300 grams of tomato salsa. About half of the group was given salsa that contained 150 grams of avocado (about five tablespoons), and the others ate salsa without avocado. After a period, the test was repeated but the subjects were given the opposite type of salsa they were given in the first phase.
I the second part of the study, the subjects ate a salad of carrots, spinach and lettuce. Half the group enjoyed their salad with 150 grams of avocado, and the other half without. The process was then repeated after some time and they ate the opposite type of salad.
Blood was drawn from each subject several times after each meal to determine changes in nutrient levels for up to nine and a half hours after the meals. The results were:
* Subjects who ate avocado with salsa absorbed
nearly 4.5 times more lycopene than those who didn't eat avocado
* Subjects who ate avocado with salad absorbed
8.3 times more alpha-carotene and 13.6 times more beta-carotene than those who didn't eat avocado
* More than four times as much lutein was
absorbed by subjects who ate avocado with salad compared to those who ate only salad
So when we eat avocados, we are not only getting a range of health enhancing nutrients, we are also more likely to absorb the nutrients from the other foods we are consuming.
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