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Avocados help battle quite a number of maladies

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There are people who dismiss the avocado as too fattening forgetting that it is also packed with natural health goodness listed below. *Helps in weight gain Due to the high healthy calorie content in avocados (For every 100 grams, an avocado contains about 200 calories) it makes for the best ingredient for those trying to put on weight. *Helps to lower bad cholesterol levels Avocados contain a compound called beta-sitosterol which helps to lower blood cholesterol levels LDL which is bad cholesterol and increase HDL which is good cholesterol. *Contains anti-inflammatory properties Avocados contain Phytonutrients such as polyphenols and flavonoids which have anti-inflammatory properties. These reduce the risk of inflammatory and degenerative disorders. *Helps to prevent birth defects Avocados contain folic acid which plays a huge role in the prevention of birth defects, such as neural tube defect and spina bifida. *Helps to fight free radicals Due to the glutathione

30 Interesting facts you didn’t know about your body

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#1. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. #2. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors #3. Ears and Nose never stop growing. #4. We all have tiny mites living in our eyelashes. #5. Similar to fingerprints, everyone also has a Unique Tongue Print. #6. Having excessive body hair is linked to higher intellect. #7. Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin. #8. An adult human being is made up of around 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms. #9. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour #10. A human baby has over 60 more bones than an adult. #11. There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in an adult human body. #12. An average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools. #13. The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter (jaw muscle) #14. Sweat itself is odorless. It’s the bacteria on the skin that mingles with it and produces