Take your dried avocado pit powder (but don’t grind it too fine—you want a bit of grit). Mix 1 tablespoon of the powder with 1 tablespoon of honey or aloe vera gel, a few drops of olive oil or coconut ...

The avocado has become synonymous with trendy cuisine and numerous health benefits. The yellow-green flesh inside the fruit is packed with essential vitamins and nutrients and is a good source of ...

Avocados have lots of health benefits. They contain good carbohydrates and fats, but the smooth, green portion of the fruit isn’t the best part. It’s actually what you’re likely throwing away: the pit ...

We’re all about the avocado love. Avocado toast, avocado popsicles, avocado brownies, just plain old avocados, we’ll take ‘em all. But according to a handful of foodies (and even one study), we've ...

When you make avocado toast, you only use the green flesh of this virtuous fruit. You then throw the avocado pit in the ...

Most everyone who consumes avocados have come to regard the center pit as a mere obstacle to the green and butter smooth flesh of the fruit. But the pit that we discard without a moment’s hesitation ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 -- The least appreciated part of an avocado could soon undergo a trash-to-treasure transformation. In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists report that avocado seed husks, ...

Americans consume about 1.9 billion pounds of avocados a year, which has driven the humble "alligator pear" from a rare delicacy to the most pinned food on Pinterest. Scientists researching the fruit ...

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In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists report that avocado seed husks, which are usually discarded along with the seed, contain a plethora of useful chemical compounds. They say these compounds ...