The other weekend, I attended my partner's older brother's wedding (congrats to Garrett & Layla - it was beautiful and so so touching!). At the reception, guacamole was serve and someone commented that she loved gauc...but couldn't eat too much because it had so much fat. She then turned to me and said, "...Isn't that right?"
Well, I can't comment on the healthy-ness of the guac since I didn't make it and not quite sure what was in it (maybe it was pre-made/highly processed? high sodium?)...but the avocadoes! Now that's a different story. Although I believe it does have some saturated fat, it is also high in the good mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking, but I liken it to fish oil, flax seeds, and EVOO. Come to think of it, I wonder if she was associating nutritional fat with being/getting fat. Hmm.
[Tangent...] I remember Dr. Oz called fish oil 'brain food' given that your brain is quite fatty and needs those kinds of fats (and also your neurons/myelin sheaths - hello, Lorenzo's Oil!)...I admit I'll eat more of these 'fatty foods' when I'm really working my brain (exams!) - but any effects are probably just in my mind. :oD
But everything in moderation, dear readers! (Though I wish my local grocery sold avocadoes regularly...hmmm, boo.)
Feel free to share your personal thoughts on this! If you have particular interest in this topic, I might wrangle my friend who's a doctoral student in Nutrition...She would probably have more expertise in this area!
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