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Food

Why avocado on toast is

the most # TRENDING

breakfast

Avocado, by itself, is a powerhouse fruit. Coupling it with healthy breads
and adding toppings enhances the flavour and adds to the benefits,
writes Dr Nandini Saini

Avocado toast-one of the most popular, C and vitamin E. Low levels of sugar and
healthy and trending breakfasts preferred carbs only add to the health quotient.
these days. Easily and quickly prepared, A 100-gm serving of avocado contains,
delicious to the palate, it can have as few as approximately:
two ingredients, as many as ten, depending Fiber: 6.7 gm
entirely on your choice. Folate: 81mcg
A lot of people are apprehensive too…isn’t Potassium: 485 mg
it high in fat content? Won’t it give rise to Vitamin C: 10 mg
weight gain? Vitamin K: 21 micrograms
Magnesium: 29mg
The benefits of Avocado toast Proteins: 2 gms…. to name a few.
Avocado, by itself, is a powerhouse fruit. High in potassium
Coupling it with healthy bread and adding 50 gms of avocado contains about
toppings enhances the flavor and adds to 250 mg potassium (6% of your daily
the benefits. requirement). Potassium is essential for
Let’s see some of the benefits: maintaining kidney and bone health. It
Nutritious helps reduce hypertension, augments nerve
An exceptionally nutritious fruit, Avocado transmission.
is rich in about 20 vitamins, minerals and Full of fibre
fibre. It has high levels of folate, vitamin Avocados are full of fibre; half an avocado

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