To ensure the responsible and informed use of pesticides, it is essential to assess them in the field. This work assesses the occurrence, mobility and risks to human health and the environment associated with current pesticide use in the eastern region of Michoacán, in avocado and corn crops located on the border of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere ...
Published in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Avocados are a rich source of unsaturated fats and bioactives, however, their role in altering cardiometabolic risk factors is unclear. The aim was to review the effects of consuming diets containing avocado compared with control diets containing no or low amounts of avocado on cardiometabolic risk factors in adults who were healthy, had clinical c...
Published in Nutrition Journal
Background Avocados are a rich source of nutrients including monounsaturated fats, dietary fibre and phytochemicals. Higher dietary quality is reported in studies of consumers with higher avocado intakes. The present study aimed to examine avocado consumption and cardiometabolic risk measures in a representative sample of Australian adults. Methods...
Contemporary socio-environmental challenges are characterized by their high complexity, resulting in increasing socio-ecological vulnerability. Therefore, in order to understand these problems, it is necessary to analyse the multiple factors that influence their origin and development. We present, from a review of secondary sources, a first analysi...
Published in Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
Dietary compounds, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and spices, have been shown to exhibit anticancer properties due to their high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and secondary metabolites, known as phytochemicals. Although emerging studies suggest that avocado (Persea americana Mill) displays antineoplastic properties in addition t...
Background and aimsTo investigate associations between avocado intake and glycemia in adults with Hispanic/Latino ancestry.Methods and resultsThe associations of avocado intake with measures of insulin and glucose homeostasis were evaluated in a cross-sectional analysis of up to 14,591 Hispanic/Latino adults, using measures of: average glucose leve...
[ES] El aguacate (Persea americana Mill.) es una especie de origen americano de clima tropical. En los últimos años ha adquirido gran importancia en España, debido a un aumento notable de su demanda. En condiciones favorables, el aguacate es capaz de producir alrededor de un millón de flores, de las que apenas el 0,001% consiguen cuajar y llegar a ...
Published in Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
Background and Aims: To investigate associations between avocado intake and glycemia in adults with Hispanic/Latino ancestry. Methods and Results: The associations of avocado intake with measures of insulin and glucose homeostasis were evaluated in a cross-sectional analysis of up to 14,591 Hispanic/Latino adults, using measures of: average glucose...
Published in European journal of nutrition
Since avocado consumption has been linked to a possible reduction in inflammation, we investigated associations between avocado consumption and markers of inflammation in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort [Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)]. We used a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) at MESA exam 1 to capture avocado/guacamole con...
Published in Clinical nutrition ESPEN
While the association between avocado consumption and low metabolic risk has been shown in some studies conducted in adults, little is known about the potential effects of avocado consumption on health outcomes in children and adolescents. Thus, we investigated the impact of two levels of avocado allotment, plus a standard nutrition education, on m...
