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An Avocado A Day Helps Your Gut Health, A Study Says

Avocado toast at the ready.

by JR Thorpe
A woman cuts an avocado after a new study found that avocado can help your gut health.
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A new study has found that having avocado as part of your daily diet is a good thing for your gut microbes. (As if you needed another reason to love them.)

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The study was published in The Journal Of Nutrition, and looked at 163 adults aged 25-45 over 12 weeks. Half were given daily avocado in their diets, half weren't. The subjects didn't change their diets otherwise.

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