Additionally, daily avocado intake had minimal effect on risk factors associated with cardiometabolic disorders<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating a daily avocado for six months does not reduce visceral adipose tissue volume among individuals with elevated waist circumference, according to a study published online July 5 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.<\/em><\/p>\n Alice H. Lichtenstein, Ph.D., from Tufts University in Boston, and colleagues assessed the impact of consuming one large avocado per day for six months versus a habitual diet on visceral adiposity. The analysis included a diverse group of 1,008 free-living individuals with an elevated waist circumference.<\/p>\n The researchers found that change in visceral adipose tissue volume was not significantly different between the avocado-supplemented and habitual diet groups. There were no significant group differences observed for the secondary outcomes of hepatic fat fraction, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and components of the metabolic syndrome. Modest but nominally significant reductions were seen in total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for the avocado-supplemented group versus the habitual diet group. The two groups were similar with respect to additional and post hoc measures of body weight, body mass index, insulin, very low-density lipoprotein concentrations, and the total cholesterol:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio.<\/p>\n “While the avocados did not affect belly fat or weight gain, the study still provides evidence that avocados can be a beneficial addition to a well-balanced diet,” a coauthor said in a statement. <\/p>\n