13 Great Benefits of Eating Avocado Seeds
Everyone knows about Avocados… but did you know that Avocado Seeds are full of great health benefits?
The Benefits of Avocado Seeds
Avocado Seeds have more antioxidants than most fruits and veggies on the market and polyphenols like green tea; plus, they are full of more soluble fiber than just about any other food.
In fact, the seed has 70% of the antioxidants found in the whole Avocado, and Avocado Seed Oil is also full of antioxidants, lowers cholesterol, and helps fight off disease. And studies show that the seed has more soluble fiber than oatmeal and just about any other food. They are used to prevent cardiovascular disease, lower cholesterol, and prevent strokes.
Avocado Seeds are great for inflammation of the GI tract and diarrhea too! In fact, in South America, they are used for dysentery and other GI tract problems. They have many phenolic compounds that help prevent gastric ulcers and bacterial and viral diseases.
The seed contains a flavonol that prevents tumor growth… in fact, studies with rats with cancer given Avocado Seed powder look promising.
Avocado Seeds boost your immune system and keep you from contracting debilitating diseases. Keeping your immune system high because antioxidants keep free radicals at bay… and slow the aging process. Avocado Seeds seem to have a good anti-inflammatory ability and thus help with arthritis and other joint diseases.
Avocado Seed Oil has been shown in studies to increase collagen in your skin, thus helping to keep your skin looking young and wrinkle-free. It will make your hair shiny and help eliminate dry, dead skin.
Seed Extract studies show that it lowers blood glucose and helps you lose weight… and Seeds grated, roasted, and made into tea is really great for asthma. And in QiGong Medicine… Avocado Seed is very high in Qi energy… powerful stuff!
They can be dried, crushed in a plastic bag with a hammer, then ground in a heavy-duty blender (use only 1/2 the seed… and remember they are too hard for most blenders) and grind it up into a powder. And they can be sliced and roasted in the oven too! Remember, they are slightly bitter, so make sure to add it to smoothies and sauces that cover up the bitterness.
Save that Avocado Seed… it’s good for your health!
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How do you prepare or eat an avocado seed?
We pulverize it and mix it into smoothies. 🙂
yeah that’s what i figured but it should suggest that in the article!
Or plant a new avocado tree.
In case anyone is interested: wisegeek suggests drying out the pit for several days by setting it on a windowsill, then cracking it into smaller bits w/a hammer or food prep mallet before placing into a blender.
Looking forward to adding the seed to a smoothie, OT thanks for the suggestion.
Post is pretty incomplete seeing it does not explain how to eat an avocado seed!!!
I grate it and eat it with olive oil. Use a fine grater to make it easier to eat.
Thanks Robert!
Is there a way to tell if the seed is bad or should not be eaten? Like if you open up an avocado and realize that it is not ripe, or downright nasty, is the seed still okay? How long do the seeds last? Can they be saved, frozen, etc?… This article is fascinating, but can we have more info about the seeds?
Great article about WHY we should eat them. Would like to know HOW.
Author jams it up their keyster for effect.
Okay, that’s great. Now let’s see someone eat an avocado seed. How exactly is that done?
And another question: how do you make avocado seed oil? This must be really basic, so why is it suggested but not explained?
If you want us to trust what youre printing a nd share it…WHY ARE YOU ADVERTISING FOR ROUNDUP AND CORPORATE FARMING!!!!?
The research on the alleged health benefits of avocado pits for human consumption is based on very small studies whereas the studies on the benefits of eating the fruit are far more plentiful.
Avocados and pets…http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/avocado
I got an avocado tree that’s cold hardy, it can stand 11 degrees, the first one I got was a haas avocado and it froze the second year, mine is 2 years and it’s about 10 feet tall has avocados this year, I live close to houston. can’t wait for it to really start producing.
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How to prepare the seed
In Yorùbá land, we grind the seed to fine powdery form, to be added to drinks, pastry, desert or food. You can also swallow little portion with water.
For those of you who would like to know how to use it, it does mention it in the article- one the 2nd page (there are 2 pages to this article hehe). Here is what they mention:
Avocado Seeds can be dried, then crushed in a plastic bag with a hammer, then ground in a heavy duty blender (use only 1/2 the seed… and remember they are too hard for most blenders) and grind it up into a powder. And Avocado Seed can be sliced and roast in the oven too! Remember Avocado Seed is slightly bitter so make sure to add it to smoothies and sauces that cover up the bitterness.
What variety is the cold-resistant tree?
By the way different varieties bear fruit at different times of the year. By planting several trees of the correct varieties for your area, you can have avocados all year long. The avocados don’t get ripe until you pick them (or they fall off the tree).
It says exactly that. Did you even read it?
Throw the seed in one peace in the blender with your smoothie, easy as that 🙂 My favourite: Avocado w seed, lemon, apple, (raw egg, greek youghurt.)
can it be addded to honey since it has a bitter taste
I guess he didn’t see that it was too pages, – same as I missed at first.
are there any sources for any of this information or are we to just take their word for it?
What about avocado pits/seeds being poisonous for dogs? But not for humans?
how do you make avocado seed oil? could you explain it please
I read the small article above but it NEVER addressed how to fix it. All it had were the benefits which can be found in other foods. I ground it in my Nija with the skin, which was probably a mistake. I put in an apple and lemon juice. I had to spit it out, it was SO BITTER. I guess I need to find a way to peel it first then try again. For now I will stick with oregano oil.
The whole avacado is not golf for dogs nor banana’s.
Good idea, organic honey
It did.
It did. If you didn’t bother to read the whole thing; try eating it like an apple.
OMG!!! You don’t MAKE the oil, you BUY it. I get mine at Costco.
It does…last paragraph says remember that the seeds are slightly bitter so add to smoothies and sauces to cover up the bitterness.
A couple of cautionary notes to all:
1. Avocado pits aren’t poisonous to humans in small quantities, but they do contain a fungicidal toxin called persin that can harm domesticated animals. Persin is an oil-soluble compound found in the leaves, bark and pits of avocados.
2. Some people have allergicreactions to avocado. There are two main forms of allergy: those with a
tree-pollen allergy develop local symptoms in the mouth and throat shortly after eating avocado; the second, known as latex-fruit syndrome, is related to latex allergy and symptoms include generalized urticaria (hives), abdominal pain, and vomiting and can sometimes be life-threatening.
Bon appétit
How do Nigerians grind the seeds down to a powder?
magic bullet it..
do it like me…eat it raw 😛
It said to first let it dry out in a bag and then beat it with a hammer…. then put it in a blender.
Google it.
I saw a deaf lady explaining about avocado seed. She showed how she peeled the seed. Use your fingers to peel.
Where are all the studies to back up these health claims?
Avocado seeds can be kept frozen. Boiling the seed for 20 minutes will soften it to where you can eat the inside of the seed. It is kind of bitter but for the health benefits I can overlook that.
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After being ground, does it have to be refrigerated?
Be careful… Avocado seeds can cause nausea and may interfere with proper absorption of proteins. Ask your doctor, or do a bit of research.
the California Avocado Commission has this on their website:
“The California Avocado Commission does not recommend consumption of the “pit” or seed of an avocado. The seed of an avocado contains elements that are not intended for human consumption.”
So who decided it was healthy to eat them? Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to believe every un-researched health article we see on the web.
Hello, how can I grind it without a machine 🙁 badly need a powdered seed for my project.. 🙁
Hello, how can I grind it without a machine 🙁 badly need a powdered seed for my project.. 🙁
help
i use a laser cut cheese grater .. mix it in almost everything i eat and it has no taste .. enjoy and stay healthy
If you cook it, you will kill most of its benefits. No different than apricot kernels.
Coffee grinders work great for grinding the seed. I cut the seed into several pieces before grinding it.
I think it may be the fact that they didn’t see page 2. It’s kind of difficult to notice it on a phone.
A lot of work. They are hard to chew on. I once ate a raw potato as an alternative to chain smoking a pack of non filtered cigarettes. I imagine this would be more difficult than doing either of those things.
This article is a two pager, with instructions on how to pulverize the seed. Easy to miss so no shame there. Dry, then smash inside a plastic bag, then blend in a strong blender. 🙂 Must try it.
I cook it in a crock pot with any soup, or stew.
as far as i know toy need to peel them
i just did, an older one i had stored in the fridge and a new one (left out for a day the peel tends to dry and crack and is not hard to peel off)
Then i ground them up and they turned bright orange, looks like paprika! Now I am not so sure i want to eat them 🙂
Supposedly they can be added to baking as well as smoothies……….
ha, took me a while to figure it out 🙂
Well unless you see in small print it says page 2 a person will only see the first page.. I almost missed it after reading everyone’s comments..
Yes, it would be nice if they’d include that information, wouldn’t it!
theres 2 pages ,thats why you didnt see about directions
The avocado seed is bitter like a beer. If you can drink a beer with pleasure, why you can’t you do the same with the avocado seed? I eat the seed direct from the fruit usually with a pear or an apple.