Are Avocados Healthy?

Avocado consumption can improve artery function, but what effect might guacamole have on cancer risk?

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The Effects of Avocados and Red Wine on Meal-Induced Inflammation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-e...) is the first updated video I did on avocado consumption, with more to come.

How Not to Die from Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...) is an overview on dietary approaches to cancer prevention and treatment, and then I have hundreds of videos on all the common individual cancers.

Even once one has prostate cancer, it’s not too late to improve your diet. See, for example:
• Prostate Cancer Survival: The A/V Ratio (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pros...)
• Eggs, Choline, and Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs...)
• Prostate Cancer and Organic Milk vs. Almond Milk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pros...)
• Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pome...)
• Best Supplements for Prostate Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best...)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1 (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/...)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 2 (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/...)

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