WalkTall 8 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Should I add avocados to my smoothies?I've heard some say it's good for the skinAnd others disagree and say it can trigger breakouts.I'd like to know more if anyone has any advice? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lilly75 473 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Personally I haven't heard any 'debate' over avocados triggering acne or not.The main thing to know is that treating acne is different for everyone. What works for one person may not work for you. So avocados may or may not trigger your acne.The only way to know for sure how they work for you would be to add them into your diet / smoothie for a while and see if you notice a difference. Make sure not to change anything else in your regimen so if you break out you could be pretty sure it was the avos. And if nothing seems to happen - and hopefully - if you start seeing a good change in your skin, you'll know you want to keep using them. Should look into whether having too much avocado can be a bad thing. I have no idea if it is or not but might be something to check out.Hope it ends up working well for you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbi364 86 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Yes avocados are great for fat, you still need fat in your diet, might as well get healthy sources of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuguriesofInnocence 86 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) hi, everyone is different but I have to say what I read on a site last night--people with latex allergies are likely to be allergic to certain friuts including avocados.I dont know if they give me acne but if I eat them, I get itchy and get small red bumps on my chest. They fade in a few hours but that cant be good.I personally think it has a lot to do with your genetic backround what foods you can eat. If youre Mexican or S American your ancestors are used to corn and avocados and things like that for centuries. Myself being N European, avocados and things like tropical friut would have been foreign to by body and (this is just a guess) is why i cant process them well. People from Italian heritage may be able to process gains and gluten better than, say, Pacific Islanders as they never had gluten in their diet at all (because Italians have been eating the stuff for centuries.)Anybody else think this makes sense? Edited May 12, 2012 by AuguriesofInnocence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alternativista 1243 Share Posted May 11, 2012 It's not uncommon to be allergic to them. But other than that, they are great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WalkTall 8 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Are they worth adding to a smoothie?Are there any benefits to adding them to your diet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thehoper 42 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Of course they are very nutritious and have plenty to offer, the essential fatty acids and vitamin E are what I can remember off the top of my head on avocados. Thing that sucks is they are so damn hard to cut open lol, can be a nuisance if on the go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaftFrost 63 Share Posted May 11, 2012 They could however upset your Omega 6 : Omega 3 balance. They do have a lot of oil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cherryx 10 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I'm not sure avocadoes will taste good in smoothies. I'm sure they're safe and nutricious to eat.Also, I made avocado masks, and they makde my skin feel amazing and moisturized.So if you have dry skin, avocadoes will really help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbi364 86 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Avocados are great in smoothies, you can hardly taste them, they just add a creamy texture. I know I have made cream of tomato soup and used the avocados as the cream texture part, instead of milk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WalkTall 8 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've started adding them to my smooties. They made the smootie a lot thicker and more creamyI'm not sure if they're helping but i'm unsure if any of this is really helping. I'm starting to have my doubts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timpulse 15 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've been eating an avocado as a morning snack almost everyday since last December. Doesn't cause me any problems, as far as I know, but I mostly eat them for some good calories and fat intake. But as others said, it can be individual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WalkTall 8 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Starting to wonder if diet has anything to do with anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lilly75 473 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Have you made any other diet changes? Because smoothies alone probably won't do anything. A lot of people do think that diet and acne are connected. From what I have read the main things people think trigger or are linked to acne is dairy and sugar - so cutting these out for a while may be something to try if you haven't already. Also low GI diets are talked about a lot for acne. I'd suggest making sure you do a bit of your own research because I'm not completely sure about what is said about diet and acne. I'm still looking into it myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle buck 93 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I wouldn't put avocado in a smoothie; it's far too delicious to mask the taste!Eat it alone, and enjoy it's rich texture exclusively as it rolls around your taste buds. That's living. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alternativista 1243 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I wouldn't put avocado in a smoothie; it's far too delicious to mask the taste!Eat it alone, and enjoy it's rich texture exclusively as it rolls around your taste buds. That's living.That's a point. I feel the same way about berries, especially with cooking them. While berry would be my pie of choice, I could never take perfectly delicious fresh berries and do that to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WalkTall 8 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 This green smoothie talk is a load of crapI've been drinking it for almost a month now.I don't look better. I don't feel better Starting to think vegetables are overrated And diet doesn't have any connection to acne.I'm going back to beer. It tastes better and makes me feel good. Avocados are disgusting by the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
User142279 332 Share Posted May 25, 2012 This green smoothie talk is a load of crapI've been drinking it for almost a month now.I don't look better. I don't feel better Starting to think vegetables are overrated And diet doesn't have any connection to acne.I'm going back to beer. It tastes better and makes me feel good. Avocados are disgusting by the way.Well, you only added smoothies. Cutting out a few things and adding something else isn't magic. It takes time, and you have to make sure all of your ducks are in order beyond diet. A month isn't that long when it comes to judging a regimen; 3-4 months would be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bean 67 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Avocado's are high in Omega 6 fats. Apparently you can mess up your hormone levels by having too much of a Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio. You should be around at a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio of Omega 3's/6's. Try to balance it out be ingesting more Omega 3's and less 6's. Instead of a whole avocado, maybe only 1/4th of it. Put some flax seed oil in your smoothies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites