High in Healthy Fats Helps Improve Vascular Health
It is very important for diabetes patients to pay attention to the fats that they are consuming. Specifically, you should strictly limit the amount of unhealthy fats. Among these are trans fats and saturated fats found in fried foods, processed food and fatty meats.
Avocado is high in fat. However, the fat found in avocados are healthy monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) which are beneficial to diabetes patients. MUFAs are known to protect heart health by reducing levels of bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides fats, and lowering blood pressure. It helps prevent heart diseases and stroke which diabetes patients are highly susceptible to. Futhermore, MUFA can also benefit blood sugar control in diabetes patients. According to Journal of the American College of Nutrition, on study found that monounsaturated fatty acids may help regulate blood sugar and insulin levels.
