Avecado seeds?

(charlie3) #1

I’ve collected a small bowl of avecado seeds. Should I be turning them into food or discard them?

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #2
(Gregory - You can teach an old dog new tricks.) #3

From the link:

"… Since avocado seeds are exceptionally bitter… "

There’s a clue in there…

(charlie3) #4

Thanks for the tip.

#5

The seed is poisonous because of the high levels of Persin in it. I tried feeding them to squirrels and they were moaning in pain.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #6
(Gregory - You can teach an old dog new tricks.) #7

Foods touted to be rich in antioxidants can be misleading…

The Antioxidant Myth

Most antioxidants have “poor bioavailability” they are very difficult for us to absorb, are transformed into something else before absorption, and/or are rapidly eliminated from the body before they can reach our cells .

#8

deadly for dogs

#9

@amwassil
I consume ripe avocados once in a while and I always need to add 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar and 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil per avocado mashed to destroy the persin or else I eventually end up with skin issues on my hands.

Do you actually eat avocado seeds on a regular basis?

@OldDog

(charlie3) #10

So I haven’t been eating avecado seeds because they don’t taste good and might poison me. Next I’m going to see if I can drop them from the diet because I don’t need the nutrients any more and they are expensive. What they’ve done for me is add texture too big salads. May be a bit more oil and vinegar dressing will suffice.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

Pet rat owners are advised to avoid giving their animals avocado flesh from too close to the skin or too close to the pit, because of the toxins contained in those locations. While human beings are large enough that the quantity of toxins in avocado flesh is largely not a problem for us, the pit is a different matter.

The article that Michael linked to in the second post mentions that the primary benefits of avocado pits are antioxidants and fibre, neither of which are necessary to anyone eating a ketogenic diet. Β-hydroxybutyrate, the principal ketone body, has been shown to restore the body’s built-in antioxidant processes, greatly reducing the need for exogenous antioxidants, such as Vitamin C. Likewise, the main benefit of dietary fibre is supposed to be that our intestinal bacteria ferment it into butyrate, which is supposed to be very good for the colon. Here, too, β-hydroxybutyrate is useful, having been shown to have the same benefits.

Bitter taste almost always signals the presence of toxic chemicals. This makes evolutionary sense, as people who found such chemicals tasty would be very quickly bred out of the gene pool.

(Ann) #12

You could try planting them to make more avocados.

(charlie3) #13

Thanks for the feedback. The avecado pits I accumulated are now ‘recycled’.

The way I use avecado is get it ripe, fine dicing then blend into my daily salad until it forms a coating. I also add oil and vinegar dressing but the avecado adds a thicker texture of it’s own.