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IMAGE: Adding avocado to your meal improves gut health, a new University of Illinois study shows. view more
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URBANA, Ill. - Eating avocado as part of your daily diet can help improve gut health, a new study from University of Illinois shows. Avocados are a healthy food that is high in dietary fiber and monounsaturated fat. However, it was not clear how avocados impact the microbes in the gastrointestinal system or gut. We know eating avocados helps you feel full and reduces blood cholesterol concentration, but we did not know how it influences the gut microbes, and the metabolites the microbes produce, says Sharon Thompson, graduate student in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at U of I and lead author on the paper, published in the