Avocado
"The avocado (Persia americana) apparently originated in Central America, where it was cultivated as many as 7,000 years ago. It was grown some 5,000 years ago in Mexico and, but the time of Christopher Columbus, had become a food as far south as Peru, where it is called palta. Legend has it that Hernando Cortes found avocados flourishing around what is now Mexico City in 1519. The English word "avocado" is derived from the Aztec ahuacatl, which the Spaniards passed along transliterated as aguacate."
Nutritional Facts
Serving size 1 Avocado (214g)
Total Calories 318
Fat calories 239
% daily value*
Total Fat 29g
44%
Saturated fat 4g
22%
Trans Fat
Cholesterol 0g
0%
Sodium 12 mg
1%
Total carbohydrates 18g
6%
Dietary fiber 14g
54%
Sugar 2g
Protein 4g
9%
Vitamin A 6%
Vitamin C 43%
Calcium 2%
Iron 5%
Vitamin E 24%
thiamin 8%
riboflavin 14%
niancin 15%
Vitamin B6 22%
folate 37%
phosphorus 10%
magnesium 15%
Zinc 8%
*Percent daily values are based on a 2000 calorie diet
