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eating avocado pit

topic posted Tue, June 12, 2007 - 7:09 AM by  Yngona
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I came upon a site that mentioned eating an avocado pit - putting it in a blender, pulverizing it, and drinking it. I had never heard of this so I googled the subject. I didnt find much. One site said it was high in "chi", another said it was toxic.

Anyone ever eat an avocado pit?

... Yngona
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  • Re: eating avocado pit

    Tue, June 12, 2007 - 11:20 AM
    i posted recetly about a website called blindguru.com--this guy speaks of this. not sure what to think. he seems pretty crazy in other ways, so i wouldn't just trust this. is this where you saw it? curious if anyone else has seen his "symbiotic" trip besides me. pretty wild. mostly seems cultish and crazy.
    • Re: eating avocado pit

      Wed, June 13, 2007 - 8:28 AM
      I heard of this years ago and never investigated it. Then, when you posted that blindguru link, I went and looked around; it had been awhile since I had been at their site. Seeing their shake using an avocado seed got me thinking again so I rejumped my search. Again, I am finding lots of conflicting info.

      ... Yngona
      • Re: eating avocado pit

        Tue, July 17, 2007 - 6:26 PM
        Some people eat pits in the idea that eating every part of the plant will give you a more complete spectrum of nutrients. Boutenko calls it the "macrobiotic principle", although I don't know how much it has to do with macrobiotics.
        But this isn't a good idea. Many plant's survival strategies include deterring herbivores from eating the seeds, usually through producing phytotoxins of some sort. That's just their defense strategy. Otherwise, their seeds would not survive. Many members of the honeysuckle and roseacea family are like this. Some parts of the plants are edible, other are toxic.
  • Re: eating avocado pit

    Wed, July 18, 2007 - 12:30 PM
    I'd read a while back about swallowing lemon seeds whole and letting them pass through your body because of their chi -- nascent life seems to have a lot of chi, go figure. anyway, i don't if there's anything to it, but when i finish squeezing my lemons, i tend to throw the pulp and the seeds into my lemonade glass and drink the seeds for their energy. whether this is pure new age humanahumana i don't know. but i don't think i'd try an avocado pit. too big whole to pass through my body safely and too jagged smashed up.
    • Re: eating avocado pit

      Fri, May 8, 2009 - 1:05 AM
      The avocado pit is mildly toxic.
      The avocado may be an example of an 'evolutionary anachronism', a fruit adapted for ecological relationship with now-extinct large mammals (such as the giant ground sloth or the Gomphothere). Most large fleshy fruits serve the function of seed dispersal, accomplished by their consumption by large animals. Author Connie Barlow hypothesizes that the fruit, with its mildly toxic pit, may have co-evolved with Pleistocene megafauna to be swallowed whole and excreted in their dung, ready to sprout. No extant native animal is large enough to effectively disperse avocado seeds in this fashion. When the avocado's hypothesized ecological partners disappeared the avocado likely would have gone extinct, or evolved a different fruit morphology, if human cultivation had not maintained this "ghost of evolution."en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado
      • Re: eating avocado pit

        Mon, May 18, 2009 - 6:21 PM
        here is what Victoria boutanko has to say:

        Avocado Pit in Green Smoothies

        Avocado

        Last summer at the Raw & Living Spirit Retreat, my friend Gabrielle Chavez introduced me to a green smoothie made with an avocado pit blended as a part of its recipe, Since then I have been experimenting with adding avocado seeds to my smoothies, and now I use them frequently. Here is some information that I gathered about the nutritional properties of avocado seed.

        * The total antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of edible portions and seeds of avocado, jackfruit, longan, mango and tamarind were studied. … The seeds showed a much higher antioxidant activity … than the edible portions. The contribution of all the fruit seed fractions to the total antioxidant activity … was always more than 70%. Source

        * “Avocado seed contains relatively low amounts of calcium and magnesium, somewhat higher amounts of phosphorus, and high amounts of potassium.” Source

        * The seed of the avocado contains tannins, and these make it bitter or "puckery" to the taste. And some of the tannins can be mildly toxic, though an individual would have to eat a lot to see any effects, unless that individual had a food allergy. Source
        * Dr. Tom Wu: When I eat the avocado I always eat the seed. It is packed with very good nutrients. It has the life force. It is a very high Qi food! It’s also the highest in soluble fiber. This soluble fiber binds to the fat and excess cholesterol. Then we can lower cholesterol and improve heart function naturally. We can improve the blood circulation by pulling out all the fatty deposits in our circulatory system with the soluble fiber of the avocado seed. Soluble fiber is very difficult to get in our diet. Oatmeal has some, but it cannot compare with the avocado seed. Any heart disease patient must eat the avocado including the seed. Source

        Based on these and other facts, I concluded that adding avocado seed in small proportion can be beneficial for nutritional needs. Also I have noticed that it helps to make a consistency of some smoothies less frothy, as in case with green smoothie that contains apples, cucumbers, or pineapples. I like to add ½ half avocado seed per 32 oz of most of my green smoothies; then it doesn’t affect the taste of smoothie but makes it a little thicker and provides additional nutritional benefits. Here is a sample recipe.

        Green Smoothie Sweet and Sour Delight


        4 Fuji apples, sliced
        2 medium lemons without peel
        1 banana, peeled
        1 bunch parsley
        1 cup spinach
        1 stalk celery
        Small piece ginger
        ½ avocado seed

        Yields: 32 oz
  • Re: eating avocado pit

    Mon, August 10, 2009 - 8:22 AM
    I have been blending an avocado pit in my VitaMix for 10 years and it is very very nutritious. Don't be afraid of it, it is very healthy.
  • Re: eating avocado pit

    Wed, October 21, 2009 - 6:54 PM
    I just ordered my VitaMix today, and I'll definitely going to be giving the avacado pit a try in a shake.
    I was talking to one of my friends recently, and she told me that she has had a shake with an avacado pit in it.

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