In recent years, the fitness circle has risen a kind of "net red" fruit - avocado, which can not help but make people wonder, what nutrients do avocados contain that make it so popular with fitness people?
For fitness people, losing fat and building muscle and making the body firmer is the effect they want to get, and what exactly works for this effect? Let's take a look at what nutrients are contained in avocados.
Compared with ordinary fruits, avocados are rich in fat and potassium.
The results of related studies show that the fat of avocado is mainly monounsaturated fatty acids (71% of the total fat content) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (13% of the total oil content), while the saturated fatty acids are relatively small (only 15%). Unsaturated fatty acids can help reduce the cholesterol content in the human blood and have the effect of lowering blood lipids, which is also an important reason why many people think that avocados can reduce fat.
Let's look at another nutrient with a more prominent content - potassium. We all know that if fitness people want to maintain good muscle lines, strength training is indispensable, which means that they will consume a lot of energy during exercise, which is easy to produce fatigue. Potassium has the effect of maintaining neuromuscular excitability and normal function, and eating avocados in moderation before a workout helps them maintain good physical strength during exercise.
In this way, the avocado seems to be really an excellent choice for fitness people to maintain a good body. However, it should be noted that as a high-calorie, high-fat food, excessive intake of avocados not only can not reduce fat and increase muscle, but also counterproductive and increase the risk of obesity. No single food can meet the body's needs for nutrients, so it is most important to achieve a variety of foods, eat a balanced diet, and maintain a healthy weight.
Author of this issue: Liu Xiaoting
Editor: Peng Mingqian
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